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

Table 5 Quality of life scores before and after treatment

Item	Time	Conventional treatment group (n = 123)	MBCT group (n = 126)	t value	P value
FACT-B (score)
Physiological Condition	Before	12.58 ± 4.08	13.13 ± 4.22	1.038	0.300
	After	12.55 ± 2.75	13.85 ± 3.93	3.012	0.003
Social family	Before	20.13 ± 5.77	19.25 ± 3.87	1.402	0.162
	After	18.18 ± 4.13	18.55 ± 1.26	0.955	0.341
Emotional well-being	Before	10.85 ± 2.45	11 ± 3.51	0.392	0.695
	After	11.95 ± 0.32	12.25 ± 2.51	1.325	0.188
Functional Status	Before	11.33 ± 4.05	12.28 ± 3.57	1.962	0.051
	After	16.98 ± 0.31	17.74 ± 3.22	2.620	0.010
Breast symptoms	Before	18.00 ± 3.90	18.60 ± 4.29	1.151	0.251
	After	19.52 ± 1.56	20.13 ± 1.58	3.045	0.003
Total score of quality of life	Before	75.30 ± 14.70	74.78 ± 9.65	0.328	0.743
	After	80.85 ± 14.22	82.46 ± 12.51	0.948	0.344
NRSs (score)
Total	Before	5.23 ± 1.85	4.81 ± 1.94	1.755	0.081
	After	3.24 ± 1.48	2.82 ± 0.52	2.962	0.004
Grip strength difference (kg)	Before	6.10 ± 1.70	6.21 ± 2.18	0.440	0.660
	After	5.80 ± 0.57	5.56 ± 0.67	3.140	0.002
Shoulder flexion difference (°)	Before	54.24 ± 5.19	53.68 ± 7.96	0.664	0.507
	After	41.67 ± 7.35	39.50 ± 5.34	2.662	0.008
Shoulder abduction difference (°)	Before	71 .00 ± 4.50	70.50 ± 4.34	0.888	0.376
	After	56.67 ± 13.56	55.50 ± 6.24	0.871	0.385

MBCT: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy; FACT-B: Functional assessment of cancer therapy-breast; NRSs: Numeric rating scales.