Effectiveness of brief psychosocial support for patients with cancer and their relatives: a quasi-experimental evaluation of cancer counselling centres

Lingens, Solveigh P.; Schilling, Georgia; Schulz, Holger; Bleich, Christiane

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068963

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“…Here, too, no significant differences in measures of depression, anxiety, and HRQoL were found over a 4-month period, although the counseling services were rated positively. On the other hand, Lingens et al showed that depressive symptoms, HRQoL, and well-being were improved in cancer patients by brief psycho-social support [ 42 ]. But, our results should not be misinterpreted as ineffectiveness of the intervention.…”

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Patient information, communication and competence empowerment in oncology: Results and learnings from the PIKKO study

Schneider,

Bäcker,

Strauss

et al. 2023

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Purpose Many concepts for accompanying and supporting cancer patients exist and have been studied over time. One of them was PIKKO (a German acronym for “Patient information, communication and competence empowerment in oncology”), which combined a patient navigator, socio-legal and psychological counseling (with psychooncologists), courses dealing with various supportive aspects, and a knowledge database with validated and easy-to-understand disease-related information. The aim was to increase the patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL), self-efficacy as well as health literacy and to reduce psychological complaints such as depression and anxiety. Methods To this purpose, an intervention group was given full access to the modules in addition to treatment as usual, while a control group received only treatment as usual. Over twelve months, each group was surveyed up to five times. Measurements were taken using the SF12, PHQ-9, GAD, GSE, and HLS-EU-Q47. Results No significant differences were found in scores on the mentioned metrics. However, each module was used many times and rated positively by the patients. Further analyses showed a tendency higher score in health literacy with higher intensity of use of the database and higher score in mental HRQoL with higher intensity of use of counseling. Conclusion The study was affected by several limitations. A lack of randomization, difficulties in recruiting the control group, a heterogeneous sample, and the COVID-19 lockdown influenced the results. Nevertheless, the results show that the PIKKO support was appreciated by the patients and the lack of measurable effects was rather due to the mentioned limitations than to the PIKKO intervention. Trial registration This study was retrospectively registered in the German Clinical Trial Register under DRKS00016703 (21.02.2019, retrospectively registered). https://www.drks.de/drks_web/navigate.do?navigationId=trial.HTML&TRIAL_ID=DRKS00016703

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Patient information, communication and competence empowerment in oncology: Results and learnings from the PIKKO study

Schneider,

Bäcker,

Strauss

et al. 2023

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Effect of nurse-Led psychosocial intervention on body image distress and treatment compliance among patients undergoing treatment of cancer: A randomized controlled trial

Ranaut,

Pareek,

Samual

2024

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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BACKGROUND: Dissatisfaction with one’s physique is the most common issue among cancer patients, and it is correlated with stress, anxiety, and hopelessness. The current study aimed to assess how the Nurse-Led short psychosocial intervention affected cancer patients’ body image distress and treatment compliance. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 67 patients above 18 years of age and undergoing cancer treatment were enrolled in the study through complete enumeration sampling. The individuals were divided into experimental and control groups using simple randomization. A nurse-led brief psychosocial intervention program was implemented for 15 days for the experimental group while the control group was on standard treatment. The intervention’s effects were measured on the 15th day using a structured body image distress scale and self-structured treatment compliance scale. The consolidated norms of reporting trials (CONSORT) statement was used to perform the study. Utilizing SPSS, descriptive and inferential statistics were performed to analyze the data. RESULTS: Post-intervention on the 15th day of the program revealed a reduction in Body image distress (Mean, SD and P value; 2.73, 1.72 (experimental), 4.90 ± 2.23 (control) and <0.001). The program also resulted in improved treatment compliance (Mean, SD and P value; 3.66, 2.23 and (experimental) and 5.83, 1.62; and <0.001). CONCLUSION: According to the study’s findings, nurses are essential to the care of cancer patients. Nurse-led intervention can be an effective strategy to address these psychological issues and concerns.

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Effectiveness of brief psychosocial support for patients with cancer and their relatives: a quasi-experimental evaluation of cancer counselling centres

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Patient information, communication and competence empowerment in oncology: Results and learnings from the PIKKO study

Patient information, communication and competence empowerment in oncology: Results and learnings from the PIKKO study

Effect of nurse-Led psychosocial intervention on body image distress and treatment compliance among patients undergoing treatment of cancer: A randomized controlled trial

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