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MINDFULNESS AND UVB IN THE TREATMENT OF MODERATE PSORIASIS 12 Sample and recruitment procedure Method Two physicians recruited among patients referred to Narrowband- Ultraviolet Phototherapy at the Skin outpatient clinic at the University Hospital of Northern Norway UNN during the months September-January 2016. Patients were informed of the study during consultation with the physician and received an envelope including written information and a consent form. The physicians selected patients following the five inclusion criteria’s: a) 18-60 years of age; b) Able to read and write Norwegian; c) A psoriasis diagnosis; d) Planned narrowband UVB-treatment at the Skin outpatient clinic at UNN Tromsø; e) Low to moderate psoriasis(PASI<12). Following the consultation, accepting patient signed the consent form and returned the envelope to the clinic. The student researcher contacted the patients for additional information. The physicians gave each participant a unique ID-number, labeled inside the envelopes. Only the project staff had access to the key linking the ID number to the name of the patients. The patient's ID numbers were randomly assigned to either the intervention or the control group. The patients received a sealed envelope with their ID numbers on the front and information about the given group inside. The physicians chose and handed to the patient one envelope from a stack of prepared envelopes and remained blind to which group each patient were assigned to. Twenty patients accepted to join the study. They were randomized to 11 and 9 patients to the intervention and control study respectively. Due to dropouts, the group sizes completing the study were 8 in each group. Reasons for dropout were a lack of motivation for mindfulness or no time for six weeks’ light therapy. Intervention Mindfulness training audio -files were developed and provided by Mindfulness based- stress reduction Instructor Cand.polit Anne.R Grini. The audio file contained four tracks. The first track was an introduction to mindfulness training. Two tracks were sitting meditations, where one adapted the perspective of treating the skin. The last track was a body scanning. The tracks lasted between 4-19 minutes and the file was in 38 minutes in total. Two sitting mediations, which one adapted the perspective of the treating the skin. Thirdly the body scanning. The tracks lasted in between 4-19 minutes and total 38 minutes.PDF Image | Combining Mindfulness and Ultraviolet Phototherapy (UVB
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