Mind-Body Approaches for Medical Conditions

SF36: Physical Component Summary (PCS)

All participants. The SF-36 consists of eight scaled scores, which are the weighted sums of the questions in their section. Each scale is directly transformed into a 0-100 scale on the assumption that each question carries equal weight. The lower the score the more disability. The higher the score the less disability

Time frame: At baseline, 10-12 weeks (1-2 weeks post-intervention), and 26 weeks from baseline

SF36: Mental Component Summary (MCS)

All participants. The SF-36 consists of eight scaled scores, which are the weighted sums of the questions in their section. Each scale is directly transformed into a 0-100 scale on the assumption that each question carries equal weight. The lower the score the more disability. The higher the score the less disability.

Time frame: At baseline, 10-12 weeks (1-2 weeks post-intervention), and 26 weeks from baseline

Illness Perception Questionnaire

All participants. Every item is rated using a 0-10 response scale, a higher score reflecting a more threatening view of the illness.

Time frame: At baseline, 10-12 weeks (1-2 weeks post-intervention), and 26 weeks from baseline

Pittsburgh sleep quality index

All participants. The measure consists of 19 individual items, creating 7 components that produce one global score. Each item is weighted on a 0-3 interval scale. The global PSQI score is then calculated by totaling the seven component scores, providing an overall score ranging from 0 to 21, where lower scores denote a healthier sleep quality.

Time frame: At baseline, 10-12 weeks (1-2 weeks post-intervention), and 26 weeks from baseline

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)

All participants. Blood sample

Time frame: At baseline, 10-12 weeks (1-2 weeks post-intervention), and 26 weeks from baseline

Mindful Attention Awareness Scale-5

All participants. To score the scale, simply compute a mean of the 15 items. Higher scores reflect higher levels of dispositional mindfulness

Time frame: At baseline, 10-12 weeks (1-2 weeks post-intervention), and 26 weeks from baseline

Self-Compassion Scale

All participants. As a rough guide, a score of 1-2.5 for your overall self-compassion score indicates you are low in self-compassion, 2.5-3.5 indicates you are moderate, and 3.5-5.0 means you are high.

Time frame: At baseline, 10-12 weeks (1-2 weeks post-intervention), and 26 weeks from baseline

Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale

All participants. ► Scores ranging from 0-13 would be considered low stress. ► Scores ranging from 14-26 would be considered moderate stress. ► Scores ranging from 27-40 would be considered high perceived stress

Time frame: At baseline, 10-12 weeks (1-2 weeks post-intervention), and 26 weeks from baseline

Hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS)

All participants. Each item on the questionnaire is scored from 0-3 and this means that a person can score between 0 and 21 for either anxiety or depression. The HADS uses a scale and therefore the data returned from the HADS is ordinal. Higher score indicates worse depression or anxiety.

Time frame: At baseline, 10-12 weeks (1-2 weeks post-intervention), and 26 weeks from baseline