A short-term mindfulness and auricular acupressure program for preoperative sleep fragmentation in patients with spinal metastases: a retrospective quasi-experimental study
Dandan Li, Xiaomin Lang, Min Wang, Shaohua Liu, Kejie Ding, Xiaoqing Han, Hui Xu, Dengxing Lun, Yating Wen, Siying Li, Hongyu Wang · 2026
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Dandan Li and colleagues evaluate a one-week mindfulness plus ear acupressure programme before surgery for spinal metastases in a 2026 before-and-after study. Cancer spread to the spine fragments sleep and heightens anxiety and pain before an already major operation. A short, home-practised programme guided by phone audio offered a low-drug option worth testing against standard care alone.
Ninety-two patients treated at one hospital across two years split evenly between the programme era and the earlier standard era. Programme patients reached surgery with lower anxiety and pain scores and lower saliva cortisol, a stress hormone, than controls. Wearable sleep measures also favoured the programme on waking time and night awakenings in the reported results. Since groups came from different time periods rather than random assignment, the authors frame gains as associations needing prospective confirmation.
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| CREATOR | Dandan Li, Xiaomin Lang, Min Wang, Shaohua Liu, Kejie Ding, Xiaoqing Han, Hui Xu, Dengxing Lun, Yating Wen, Siying Li, Hongyu Wang |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45448 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |