Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy reduces parenting anxiety and enhances quality of life in patients with breast cancer

Table 4 Psychological status scores before and after treatment

Item	Time	Conventional treatment group (n = 123)	MBCT group (n = 126)	t value	P value
SAS (score)	Before	66.83 ± 3.25	67.56 ± 8.45	0.898	0.371
	After	59.74 ± 10.41	57.28 ± 9.74	1.924	0.055
SDS (score)	Before	72.95 ± 2.83	73.56 ± 7.12	0.887	0.376
	After	65.86 ± 5.41	64.84 ± 5.87	1.425	0.155
HADS (score)
Total	Before	17.32 ± 3.45	17.62 ± 3.17	0.713	0.477
	After	15.63 ± 3.65	14.71 ± 3.89	1.930	0.055
Anxiety	Before	8.95 ± 4.16	9.22 ± 3.96	0.517	0.606
	After	7.31 ± 2.08	6.78 ± 1.65	2.226	0.027
Depression	Before	8.14 ± 3.22	7.89 ± 2.53	0.675	0.500
	After	6.42 ± 2.34	5.89 ± 2.12	1.882	0.061
IES-R (score)
Total	Before	36.84 ± 7.54	37.54 ± 10.16	0.620	0.536
	After	29.35 ± 6.64	27.65 ± 7.14	1.945	0.053
Intrusion	Before	14.86 ± 3.56	14.56 ± 3.64	0.665	0.507
	After	14.86 ± 5.46	13.56 ± 3.64	2.191	0.030
Avoidance	Before	11.84 ± 2.54	12.17 ± 2.75	0.999	0.319
	After	11.35 ± 1.38	10.84 ± 1.35	2.906	0.004
Hyperarousal	Before	10.35 ± 4.64	11.04 ± 3.38	1.345	0.180
	After	7.53 ± 2.97	6.86 ± 1.84	2.123	0.035
FFMQ (score)	Before	111.64 ± 18.76	112.56 ± 17.58	0.397	0.692
	After	125.68 ± 23.79	133.57 ± 19.63	2.853	0.005

MBCT: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy; SAS: Self-rating anxiety scale; SDS: Self-rating depression scale; FFMQ: Five-facet mindfulness questionnaire; HADS: Hospital anxiety and depression scale; IES-R: Impact of event scale-revised.