Cognitive‐existential group psychotherapy for women with primary breast cancer: A randomised controlled trial

Kissane, David W.; Bloch, Sidney; Smith, Graeme C.; Miach, Patricia; Clarke, David M.; Ikin, Jillian; Love, Anthony; Ranieri, Nadia; McKenzie, Dean Philip

doi:10.1002/pon.683

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“…The education intervention either on its own or in combination with peer discussion generated greater benefits than supportive discussions alone. Randomized clinical trials have shown that psychosocial interventions for breast cancer patients enhance coping, social support and quality of life and reduce psychological distress (Kissane et al, 2003;Boesen et al, 2011). Besides individual psychooncological care, group psychotherapy has been described as helpful but, little research has been done (Gore-Felton et al, 2000;Neises 2008).…”

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Effect of Group Therapy on Psychological Symptoms and Quality of Life in Turkish Patients with Breast Cancer

Yavuzşen¹,

Karadibak²,

Cehreli³

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the group therapy on psychological symptoms and quality of life of patients with early stage breast cancer. Methods: This study was performed on 16 breast cancer patients who completed treatments. The total group therapy program involved a weekly session of 2-3 hours, for 16 weeks. The group therapy sessions were given to women in the oncology department by a clinical psychologist and also given training sections by the different professional teams. All the required assessments for the study were performed after and before 16 week group therapy intervention. Results: Initially we had taken 21 women but 16 participated in all therapy programs and submitted questionnaires. The mean age was 47.8 years. There were significant differences between before and after group therapy program. Anxiety, depression, and distress showed significant improvements. Hopelessness scale was detected at the border of significance. There was no change in sleep problems and quality of life. According to the analysis of correlation, considering the age factor and year of diagnosis, there was found no statistically significant relationship between anxiety, distress, depression, hopelessness, sleeplessness, and quality of life. Conclusions: This pilot study demonstrated that brief, predominantly group therapy is feasible for patients with breast cancer and, also it may be helpful to cope with emotional and physical distress.

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Effect of Group Therapy on Psychological Symptoms and Quality of Life in Turkish Patients with Breast Cancer

Yavuzşen¹,

Karadibak²,

Cehreli³

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…In all, 29 papers reporting pharmacological studies and 63 reporting psychotherapeutic interventions were identified as potentially relevant and were carefully read. Of these, we excluded 65 because they did not meet the inclusion criteria, and a further two were excluded because they were not strictly randomised controlled trials (Holland et al, 1998;Kissane et al, 2003) and one because it failed to measure baseline levels of depressive symptoms (Stiegelis et al, 2004). This left a total of 24 studies (Table 1), of which six were trials of pharmacological treatments and 18 were of psychotherapeutic interventions.…”

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The effectiveness of treatment for depression/depressive symptoms in adults with cancer: a systematic review

2006

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Depression is common in cancer patients, and this often remains undetected and untreated. Depression has been associated with poorer quality of life, in addition to increased impairment of immune response and poorer survival in cancer patients. Previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the efficacy of interventions for cancer patients with depression have failed to distinguish between caseness for depression and depressive symptoms. The findings from this systematic review show that there is limited trial data on the efficacy of prescribed antidepressants in reducing the incidence of major depression and depressive symptoms in cancer patients. Contrary to previous reviews that failed to distinguish between depressive symptoms and depression, this review found very little data from clinical trials (without the possibility of confounding factors) to demonstrate that psychotherapeutic interventions are effective in reducing depression in cancer patients. A number of small-scale, single-centre trials indicated that psychotherapeutic interventions (especially cognitive behavioural therapy) can have effects on depressive symptoms in cancer patients. However, given the methodological limitations of studies to date, lack of evidence should not be interpreted as implying lack of efficacy. In conclusion, there is a need for adequately powered studies of pharmacological and psychotherapeutic studies, which are targeted at cancer patients with a diagnosis of depression and include monitoring of the use of other pharmacological/psychotherapeutic and complementary and alternative medicine interventions.

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“…With a growing number of women who live with the aftermath of breast cancer for relatively long periods, it is clear that the need to understand its treatment effects and quality of life (QOL) issues becomes paramount. 21 Despite a massive amount of research on quality of life after a breast cancer diagnosis, the evidencebased knowledge gap of when, how, in what form, and what the women themselves desire to receive support about, leaves the health care professionals with very limited hands-on guidance for their everyday clinical practice. Quality of life can be studied as a multidimensional construct.…”

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A Protocol for a Systematic Review on Psycho-social Interventions for Psychological Distress and Quality of Life among Women with Breast Cancer

C¹,

Dsilva²

2017

IOSR JNHS

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Cognitive‐existential group psychotherapy for women with primary breast cancer: A randomised controlled trial

Cited by 273 publications

References 39 publications

Effect of Group Therapy on Psychological Symptoms and Quality of Life in Turkish Patients with Breast Cancer

Effect of Group Therapy on Psychological Symptoms and Quality of Life in Turkish Patients with Breast Cancer

The effectiveness of treatment for depression/depressive symptoms in adults with cancer: a systematic review

A Protocol for a Systematic Review on Psycho-social Interventions for Psychological Distress and Quality of Life among Women with Breast Cancer

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