TY - JOUR AU - Klatt, Maryanna D. AU - Wise, Emaline AU - Gabram, Olivia AU - Huber, Megan AU - Wei, Lai AU - Katz, Mira PY - 2019 DA - 2019/12/11 TI - Exploring Quality of Sleep, Perceived Stress and Resilience in Cancer Survivorship: A Feasibility Study of Mindfulness in Motion JO - OBM Neurobiology SP - 047 VL - 03 IS - 04 AB - (1) Background: The global principles of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) have led to the creation of Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs), which are interventions that retrain the mind to modify its usual stress response to increase coping and resilience. Mindfulness in Motion (MIM) is an educational MBI that has shown significant biologic and positive psychosocial outcomes with adult working populations but had not previously been tested in oncology populations and caregivers. Utilizing MIM to increase participant resilience, and observing how MIM could potentially improve sleep quality in both cancer survivors and caregivers through retraining their response to stress, was the aim of this study. (2) Methods: Participants were recruited from the survivorship arm of a large research medical center. Survivors/caregivers of all stages and various types of cancer (n=45) were recruited. Sleep, resilience and perceived stress were assessed pre- and post-intervention, with qualitative assessment of the program done upon completion. During the 8-week MIM intervention, participants attended 1-hour group meetings once/week, and individually (via a secure password protected website) performed pre-recorded mindfulness meditations accompanied by music and gentle yoga movements daily. (3) Results: Significant improvements were observed in resilience (p=0.016), sleep quality (p SN - 2573-4407 UR - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.neurobiol.1904047 DO - 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.1904047 ID - Klatt2019 ER -