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This Canadian study included women between the ages of 18 and All the women had been diagnosed with invasive breast cancer that was not metastatic. This means that the cancer had not spread to parts of the body away from the breast, such as the bones or liver. The women also had completed all chemotherapy and radiation treatments after surgery and had no evidence of disease for 2 years. All the women also had no history of a major psychiatric disorder and were not currently participating in a therapist-led psychosocial support group.

The women were randomly assigned to one of two groups: The ReBIC group which comprised women. The ReBIC program included eight weekly sessions that lasted 1. The sessions were led by two psychologists and were based on a manual that focused on three main strategies to treat body image issues: The second group was the control group comprised of 63 women.

Women in the control group didn't receive any psychological therapy. Women in both groups also were given a copy of Dr. Daily relaxation at home involving guided imagery is beneficial to patients as it can help patients cope with overall symptom distress, depression, and distress and be useful for breast cancer patients during chemotherapy.

The main limitations of this study are the use of only hospitalized patients, the small sample size, and the short duration. Therefore, the findings cannot be generalized to the general population.


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Further research should involve using a larger sample size and additional measurements, biological indicators e. We would like to thank the participants from the oncology ward of MacKay memorial hospital for their support and cooperation. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U.

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Iran Red Crescent Med J. Published online Nov This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4. This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Background Breast cancer incidence rates are increasing worldwide. Objectives This study aimed to explore the effect of relaxation with guided imagery on breast cancer patients.

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Patients and Methods This study used a two-group, pretest-posttest, quasi-experimental design to examine the effectiveness of relaxation with guided imagery. Results Thirty-two patients were assigned in group 1 and 33 patients in group 2 for analysis Figure 1. Open in a separate window. Discussion The results of this study indicates that 20 minutes of daily home relaxation with guided imagery for 7 days has a significant effect on overall symptoms of distress, insomnia, bloating, numbness, anxiety, and depression on breast cancer patients undergoing first-time chemotherapy.

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A study in hospitalized advanced cancer patients. Genc F, Tan M.

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Cancer Guided Imagery Program for Radiation, Chemotherapy, Surgery and Recovery

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The effects of Chinese calligraphy handwriting and relaxation training in Chinese Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma patients: Int J Nurs Stud. Immuno-modulatory effects of relaxation training and guided imagery in women with locally advanced breast cancer undergoing multimodality therapy: Course of distress, anxiety, and depression in hematological cancer patients: Association between gender and grade of neoplasm.

Randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction MBSR for survivors of breast cancer. In palming you place your palms over your closed eyes. Deep blue is an example of a color that many find calming. Visualization of colors that feel calming is thought to promote relaxation. In guided imagery people visualize a goal that they want to achieve and then picture themselves achieving it.

Guided imagery is not limited to medicine. Athletes often use it, believing that mentally rehearsing a performance increases the chances of success during actual competition. For example, a baseball player might imagine standing at bat, receiving a pitch, and making a hit. A gymnast might imagine going through a complicated routine of floor exercises, without even setting foot on the mat. An example of guided imagery often used in medicine is the Simonton method. Developed in the early s by radiation oncologist O. A common exercise, which probably stems from the popular video game, is picturing the cells of the immune system as a Pac-Man character gobbling up and destroying cancer cells.

It is important to note that the Simontons developed their method as a complementary therapy to be used along with, not instead of, mainstream cancer therapy. Their publications advise patients to continue conventional treatment. Imagery exercises can be practiced by the individual alone or led by a health professional trained in the techniques.

Most imagery sessions with a therapist last from 20 to 30 minutes. In self-guided sessions, people usually follow instructions from a book or audio recording. Imagery can serve as a relaxation technique similar to other mind-body approaches such as meditation and hypnosis. Unlike the latter two, which usually involve focusing attention on one thing for a period of time, imagery often involves frequent changes in focus.

Advocates claim that imagery has physiological and psychological effects. It can lower blood pressure, alter brain waves, and decrease heart rate.

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Imagery is said to provide symptom relief of physical problems, such as pain, and emotional symptoms, such as anxiety. It also may improve the effectiveness of pharmacological or other therapies, as in the example of the Simonton method. If imagining a delicious platter of food evokes salivation, other mental images should have similar effects on other physiological events.

In addition to physiological results, imagery can lead to psychological and emotional breakthroughs.