Research Article
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Breast Cancer Survivors with Chronic Neuropathic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 1
Demographic characteristics at baseline.
| | Variable | Treatment group | Waitlist group | | (n = 49)∗ | (n = 49)∗ | | M (SD) or n (%) | M (SD) or n (%) |
| | Female (%) | 49 (100) | 49 (100) | | Age | 51.3 (11.4) | 55.1 (9.6) | | Years since pain began | 2.9 (2.0) | 3.0 (1.9) | | Ethnicity | | | | Caucasian (%) | 40 (83.3) | 40 (88.9) | | African (%) | 1 (2.0) | 4 (8.9) | | Asian (%) | 2 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | | First nations (%) | 1 (2.1) | 1 (2.2) | | Other (%) | 4 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | | Employment status | | | | Full-time employed (%) | 16 (32.7) | 17 (34.6) | | Part-time employed (%) | 3 (6.1) | 7 (14.3) | | Unemployed (%) | 8 (16.3) | 4 (8.2) | | Other (%) | 22 (44.9) | 18 (39.1) | | Baseline measures | | | | Brief Pain Inventory-Interference | 4.6 (2.4) | 4.3 (2.4) | | Brief Pain Inventory-Intensity | 4.8 (1.7) | 4.7 (1.9) | | Profile of Mood States | 67.4 (15.0) | 62.7 (13.7) | | Patient Health Questionnaire-9 | 11.0 (7.1) | 8.8 (5.1) | | Short-Form-12 Health Survey-physical health T-score | 32.5 (10.2) | 35.2 (10.4) | | Short-Form-12 Health Survey-mental health T-score | 43.1 (12.1) | 46.6 (11.0) |
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