A single 20-minute session of mindful breathing significantly reduced pain intensity, pain unpleasantness, and anxiety in adult cancer inpatients with moderate to severe pain, compared with a supportive listening control group. The randomized controlled trial at the University of Malaya Medical Centre enrolled patients with a pain score of 4 or higher on a 10-point scale. The findings suggest that brief mindfulness exercises can be integrated into routine cancer care to provide rapid, holistic benefits for pain management.
A 20-minute session of mindful breathing rapidly reduces multiple symptoms in kidney transplant recipients. Patients who practiced mindful breathing showed a significantly greater decrease in symptom scores compared to a control group, with an average reduction of nearly 5 points on the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale. The findings suggest that a brief mindfulness exercise can provide quick symptom relief for this population.