Effects of Gratitude Journaling on Patients with Breast Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

You M, Kim E

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · July 12, 2025

Gratitude journaling is a simple and effective way to improve emotional well-being. Sixty patients from a university hospital were randomly assigned to either a gratitude journaling group or a control group. The journaling group wrote at least ten journal entries over three weeks, with weekly phone check-ins. Before and after the program, participants completed surveys. The results showed that those who kept gratitude journals had higher levels of gratitude, resilience, and quality of life than those who did not. These findings suggest that gratitude journaling can be a valuable and easy-to-use strategy to support the emotional health of breast cancer patients.

PMID: 40710210 · DOI: 10.3390/curroncol32070400