Clinical trial · Interventional
A New Mindfulness Intervention Called Mindfulness Based Swinging Technique (MBST) for Women With Breast Cancer
Efficacy of Mindfulness Based Swinging Technique (MBST) for Improving Anxiety, Stress, Hopelessness and Self Efficacy Among Breast Cancer Patients in Treatment
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
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- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
It is hypothesised to find that the new mindfulness intervention of Mindfulness Based Swinging Technique (MBST) for Women With Breast Cancer is an effective therapeutic intervention to be applied in breast cancer population. This intervention intended to support patients' management of their chronic illness (self-efficacy) by increasing their hope about their treatment and alleviate anxiety, as well as increase patient saturation level. Therefore, enabling patients to continue to their medical as well as psychological treatment will result improved anxiety, stress levels, hope and self-efficacy. It is known that mental health needs of cancer patients differ from people who do not suffer from a chronic illness.
Conditions
Conditions (6)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Breast Cancer Female | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Depression | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Hopefulness | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Self Efficacy | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Stress | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness based Swinging Effect Intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Mindfulness Based Swinging Technique (MBST)
- description
- Standard guided imagery combined with Mindfulness and breathing technique will be applied. Additionally, the directives will be given to participants to imagine themselves swinging in a green peaceful environment where they will face no harm but healing and full of wellness. Every time they imagine their swing goes up, patient will be asked to physically take a deep breath (taking the breath will be physically (actually) done, not imagining), and when going down patient will be asked to physically release their breath (releasing breath will be physically (actually) done, not imagining).
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Mindfulness based Swinging Effect Intervention
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Standard Treatment
- description
- Participants will receive a session of standard psycho-social care for anxiety (50 minutes length). The standard psycho-social care interventions involve the most well-known talking therapy approach of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
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Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age of 18 and over who can consent 2. Only women participants 3. Diagnosed with breast cancer 4. Native Turkish speaker 5. Currently under cancer treatment (not in remission) 6. Score at least 10 points for Hospital and Depression Scale (5 for anxiety, 5 for depression) 7. Score at least 6 points for Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease (in overall) 8. Score at least 2 points for the Beck's Hopelessness Scale (in overall) 9. Score at least 20 points for State Trait Anxiety Inventory. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Being illiterate 2. Having any type of psychiatric history 3. Currently being on psychiatric/neurological medication 4. Having mental retardation 5. Having a fear of swings/swinging 6. Having a severe respiratory illness/severe difficulty in breathing 7. Suffering from any asthmatic or epileptic illnesses
References
Publications (2)
- BACKGROUNDBahcivan O, Estape T, Gutierrez-Maldonado J. The swinging effect intervention: CBT based guided imagery and breathing technique integrated with mindfulness therapy for cancer patients. Med Hypotheses. 2018 Dec;121:42-43. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2018.09.007. Epub 2018 Sep 6. No abstract available. PMID 30396486
- RESULTBahcivan O, Estape T, Gutierrez-Maldonado J. Efficacy of New Mindfulness-Based Swinging Technique Intervention: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial Among Women With Breast Cancer. Front Psychol. 2022 Jul 4;13:863857. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.863857. eCollection 2022. PMID 35859820