A Randomized Trial Comparing Two Low-Intensity Psychological Interventions for Distressed Patients With Cancer and Their Caregivers

Abstract

Brief nurse psychoeducation and stress management for cancer survivors and caregivers should be considered as part of a tiered approach to psychosocial care.

Psychological wellness and health‐related stigma: a pilot study of an acceptance‐focused cognitive behavioural intervention for people with lung cancer

“…; Chambers et al . ). First, to ensure relevance to the illness experience of this patient group we added evidence‐based supportive care components for sleeplessness and breathlessness for lung cancer patients (Bredin et al .…”

‘Rapid discharge’: issues for hospital‐based nurses in discharging cancer patients home to die

“…, Chambers et al . ) have developed educational strategies to support and train caregivers, as well as increase caregiver efficacy in homecare. The practicality of these strategies may, however, be limited in rapid discharge, where patients face imminent death.…”

Telemedicine Use Among Caregivers of Cancer Patients: Systematic Review (Preprint)

“…Five studies reported significant differences in Quality of Life aspects: three of them showed significant effects in all dimensions of Quality of Life [52,65,67]; Two studies showed significant effects in spiritual and social well-being [59,65], while one study [60] showed significant outcomes in social well-being. Emotional distress or stress symptoms revealed significant differences between pre-and post-treatment in five of the considered studies [50,52,65,67,69], while both depressive symptoms [55,57,65] and perceived social support [62,65,66] improved in three different trials. Furthermore, included articles reported significant effects -albeit smaller -in other measured outcomes: after the completion of the interventions, family members also experienced less anxiety, less sense of disruptiveness, hopelessness and uncertainty, less burden, and negative appraisal of caregiving.…”

“…Eight of them were conducted by prepared nurses [48,52,54,56,59,61,62,71]; four were carried out by social workers [60,65,68,70]; three were operated at a distance by carers distance using web-based platforms [51,55,58]. In three randomized trials the intervention was delivered by clinical psychologists [53,62,69], while in another trial a genetic counsellor conducted the telehealth risk communication to motivate colonoscopy [49]. Two studies provided psychosocial support via a multidisciplinary team including a chaplain, counsellor, dietician, physiotherapist, and physician [63], or a clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, advanced practice nurse, hospital chaplain, clinical social worker, physiatrist, and physical therapist [64].…”

“…relationship with partner, perception of patient's health condition). In the former, the most examined constructs are Quality of Life [50,52,54,56,59,62,[64][65][66][67], and Distress [50,52,53,59,61,62,65,[67][68][69]. To assess Quality of Life different tools were used including the Functional Assessment of Cancer Treatment (FACT-G) (n = 4), the Short Form (SF) 36-item and 12-item version (n = 2), the CG QOL Scale-Cancer (CQOL-C) (n = 2), the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Core Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) (n = 1), the Medical Outcomes Study 12-item short form (MOS SF-12) (n = 1), the UCLA Prostate Cancer Index (n=1).…”