Title
Mindfulness based stress reduction among substance abuse patients at de-addiction center
Authors
D Alfred Solomon *1, S KalaBarathi*2, R Vijayaraghavan*3& Madhan Krishnan4
Affiliation
1Department of Mental Health Nursing, Saveetha College of Nursing, SIMATS, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; 2Saveetha College of Nursing, SIMATS, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; 3Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; 4Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kelambakkam- 603103, Tamilnadu, India; *Corresponding authors
D Alfred Solomon –E-mail: solomonalfred88@gmail.com
S KalaBarathi - E-mail:principalnursing@saveetha.com
R Vijayaraghavan –E-mail: jai_vijay@hotmail.com
Madhan Krishnan –E-mail: kmadhan91@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received November 1, 2022; Revised November 29, 2022; Accepted November 30, 2022, Published November 30, 2022
Abstract
It is of interest to investigate the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction program on stress and salivary cortisol among substance abuse patients. There were 60 drug addicts who were receiving treatment at the addiction centre. Samples are divided into 30 drug abuse patient experimental and 30 substance abuse patient control groups using the simple random sampling approach. Salivary cortisol, a pre-test stress biomarker, was measured and used to analyse the results. The MBSR programme was administered over the course of eight weeks, with two 1-hour sessions held each day, with a cap of 15 participants. The biomarker for stress (salivary cortisol) will be obtained once again at the end of the program to assess the post-test level of perceived stress and compare it to the results. Patients showed improvements in stress level (p < 0.05) following the 8-week MBSR program. The mean level of blood cortisol in the experimental group was 18.08 (3.62), which was dropped to 7.54 (1.29) before the intervention. The mean cortisol level in the experimental group differs by 10.54 (3.45) between pre and post intervention following the intervention (p value is < 0.005). Thus, there is a difference between the experimental conditions before and after the intervention. The mean serum cortisol level in the pre-test is 17.30 (2.34) and the mean serum cortisol level in the post test is 17.15 (2.31) in the control group (p value is > 0.005). Data shows that there is a significant difference between the groups. MBSR may be a beneficial intervention for reducing stress, in Patients taking treatment in de addiction centre.
Keywords
MBSR; substance abuse patients; salivary cortisol.
Citation
Solomon et al. Bioinformation 18(11): 1105-1108 (2022)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
