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2008/04/11: 書くガン治療
書くことがもたらすQOLの上昇
詳しくはこちらをご覧ください。
と言ってもニュースだから、そんなに詳しくないですが・・・。
ネットサーフィンをしていたら、書くガン治療について記載があった。
”書く”＋”ガン治療”？？？と思って読むと、とりあえずは、ガン患者さんが自身のガン罹病についての筆記エクセサイズを行う事で、QOLが上がるというものだった。
20分程度の時間で「ガンがあなたをどのように変え、そしてその変化についてどう感じているか」について自由に書かせるらしい。
「ガンに関連した思考と感情、あるいは認知プロセスと情動を、健康上のメリットと結び付ける要素として書かせることがカギを握っている。」ということらしい
真にQOLが上がっているかのデータ解析はさておき、認知療法に通じるものがあるなと思った。
しかし、意外と認知療法はあれだけ色々患者さんに書かせている割に、「書く」という行為がもたらす特異的な効果について研究不足だと思う。
「書いたほうがいいよ」的な経験則を述べるではなく、もっと書く事に関する基礎的な知見が貯まっていないと考えているのは私だけだろうか。
以下は抜粋
「Writing 'eases stress of cancer'」
Encouraging cancer patients to write down their deepest fears about the disease may improve their quality of life, according to a US study.
Nancy Morgan, a "writing clinician", approached patients waiting in a clinic at a cancer centre in Washington DC.
Half those who took part said the exercise changed the way they thought about the illness, according to the journal The Oncologist.
Younger people, and those recently diagnosed, were most likely to benefit.
Ms Morgan developed her role as part of the Arts and Humanities Program at the Lombardi Center.
Her "expressive writing" exercise, lasting just 20 minutes, posed questions to leukaemia or lymphoma patients about how the cancer had changed them and how they felt about those changes.
When those taking part were contacted again a few weeks later, 49% said that the writing had changed their thoughts about their illness, while 38% said their feelings towards their situation had changed.
While there was no evidence of direct impact of the session on their illness, where the patients had reported greater changes in their mindset during the writing, this could be linked to more positive reports of quality of life given to their doctors during follow-up appointments.
Ms Morgan said: "Thoughts and feelings, or the cognitive processing and emotions related to cancer, are key writing elements associated with health benefits, according to previous studies.
"Writing only about the facts has shown no benefit."
Dr Bruce Cheson, the head of haematology at Lombardi, said: "I'm pleased to see that so many of our patients were interested in this kind of therapy.
"Our study supports the benefit of an expressive writing program and the ability to integrate such a program into a busy clinic."
詳しくはこちらをご覧ください。
と言ってもニュースだから、そんなに詳しくないですが・・・。
ネットサーフィンをしていたら、書くガン治療について記載があった。
”書く”＋”ガン治療”？？？と思って読むと、とりあえずは、ガン患者さんが自身のガン罹病についての筆記エクセサイズを行う事で、QOLが上がるというものだった。
20分程度の時間で「ガンがあなたをどのように変え、そしてその変化についてどう感じているか」について自由に書かせるらしい。
「ガンに関連した思考と感情、あるいは認知プロセスと情動を、健康上のメリットと結び付ける要素として書かせることがカギを握っている。」ということらしい
真にQOLが上がっているかのデータ解析はさておき、認知療法に通じるものがあるなと思った。
しかし、意外と認知療法はあれだけ色々患者さんに書かせている割に、「書く」という行為がもたらす特異的な効果について研究不足だと思う。
「書いたほうがいいよ」的な経験則を述べるではなく、もっと書く事に関する基礎的な知見が貯まっていないと考えているのは私だけだろうか。
以下は抜粋
「Writing 'eases stress of cancer'」
Encouraging cancer patients to write down their deepest fears about the disease may improve their quality of life, according to a US study.
Nancy Morgan, a "writing clinician", approached patients waiting in a clinic at a cancer centre in Washington DC.
Half those who took part said the exercise changed the way they thought about the illness, according to the journal The Oncologist.
Younger people, and those recently diagnosed, were most likely to benefit.
Ms Morgan developed her role as part of the Arts and Humanities Program at the Lombardi Center.
Her "expressive writing" exercise, lasting just 20 minutes, posed questions to leukaemia or lymphoma patients about how the cancer had changed them and how they felt about those changes.
When those taking part were contacted again a few weeks later, 49% said that the writing had changed their thoughts about their illness, while 38% said their feelings towards their situation had changed.
While there was no evidence of direct impact of the session on their illness, where the patients had reported greater changes in their mindset during the writing, this could be linked to more positive reports of quality of life given to their doctors during follow-up appointments.
Ms Morgan said: "Thoughts and feelings, or the cognitive processing and emotions related to cancer, are key writing elements associated with health benefits, according to previous studies.
"Writing only about the facts has shown no benefit."
Dr Bruce Cheson, the head of haematology at Lombardi, said: "I'm pleased to see that so many of our patients were interested in this kind of therapy.
"Our study supports the benefit of an expressive writing program and the ability to integrate such a program into a busy clinic."
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