Mutual communication intervention for colorectal cancer patient–spousal caregiver dyads: A randomized controlled trial
Junrui Zhou,
Zhiming Wang,
Xuan Chen
et al.
Abstract:ObjectiveGender could impact the psychosocial outcomes and coping strategies of cancer patients and their spousal caregivers (SCs). This study aims to develop a gender‐concerned program for colorectal cancer (CRC) couple‐based mutual communication intervention (MCI) and to assess its effectiveness on the intra‐couple relationship and the individual functions of the partners.DesignA randomized clinical trial with two study groups was utilized.MethodsA total of 144 CRC patients and their SCs were randomly assign… Show more
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