The effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy for psychological distress among Chinese parents of children with a cancer diagnosis: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Zhang, Anao; Ji, Qing Ying; Currin‐McCulloch, Jennifer; Solomon, Phyllis; Chen, Yuting; Li, Yaxi; Jones, Barbara; Franklin, Cynthia; Nowicki, Jack

doi:10.1007/s00520-018-4141-1

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“…Although this could likely be the reason contributing to participants' improvement in this trial study, this hypothesized change mechanism of a mindfulness-based intervention for psychological distress remains speculative due to lack of empirical data support. Adding to existing studies about the intervention of psychological distress, which has primarily focused on individuals' affect/emotion, such as hope (Zhang et al, 2018), findings of this study support the use of mindfulness to directly intervention individuals' cognitive process and behaviors for psychological distress among stay-at-home residents during COVID-19. Furthermore, although we did not directly test for the possible mediating role of mindfulness, it is reasonable to expect that improvement in mindfulness reduces one's tendency to ruminate and increases the ability to detach from an adverse event (i.e., the ongoing COVID-19), which may result in reduced psychological distress.…”

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“…We measured individual psychological distress using the Chinese version of the BSI-18 (Wang et al, 2013;Zhang et al, 2018), including three subscales (somatization, depression, and anxiety). The scale contains 18 questions, and some sample questions asked participants about their shortness of breath or feeling worthlessness or feeling tense.…”

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A Brief Online Mindfulness-Based Group Intervention for Psychological Distress Among Chinese Residents During COVID-19: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Zhang

Liu

et al. 2021

Mindfulness

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Objectives The coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic has increased psychological distress among the general population. The objective of this study is to evaluate a mindfulness-based intervention for psychological distress among Chinese residents during COVID-19. Methods This study used a switching replications design to test the feasibility and efficacy of a brief online mindfulness-based intervention for Chinese residents' psychological distress. Fifty-one residents in the Hubei province were randomly allocated to two groups (experimental group and waitlist control group) with three waves of measurement at time 1, time 2, and time 3 for changes in mindfulness and psychological distress. Results In addition to significant within-group improvements over time for both groups, OLS linear regression with full information likelihood estimation revealed statistically significant between-group treatment effects across outcome domains, including mindfulness awareness, b = 2.84, p < 0.001, g = 6.92, psychological distress, b = −21.33, p < 0.001, g = 6.62, somatic symptoms, b = −6.22, p < 0.001, g = 4.42, depressive symptoms, b = −7.16, p < 0.001, g = 5.07, and anxiety symptoms, b = −8.09, p < 0.001, g = 6.84. Conclusions Results suggest that a brief online mindfulness-based intervention can be a feasible and promising intervention for improving mindfulness and decreasing psychological distress among Chinese residents staying at home during the COVID-19 outbreak. The study used a small convenience sample which led to a concern of external generalizability and with limited evaluation of long-term change.

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A Brief Online Mindfulness-Based Group Intervention for Psychological Distress Among Chinese Residents During COVID-19: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Zhang

Liu

et al. 2021

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“…We identified 31,288 studies from the four databases including additional five studies from search of references. Table S1 [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][52][53][54][55][56][57] followed by Iran, 41,49 Sweden, 58 Malaysia, 59 Iceland, 60 China, 51 and Greece. 50 Per continent, most studies were conducted in North America, [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][52][53][54][55][56][57] followed by Asia 41,49,51,59 and Europe.…”

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“…Table S1 [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][52][53][54][55][56][57] followed by Iran, 41,49 Sweden, 58 Malaysia, 59 Iceland, 60 China, 51 and Greece. 50 Per continent, most studies were conducted in North America, [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][52][53][54][55][56][57] followed by Asia 41,49,51,59 and Europe. 58,60,50 Parental age ranged from 21 to 73 years; the majority were female.…”

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A systematic review and meta‐analytic evaluation of psychosocial interventions in parents of children with cancer with an exploratory focus on minority outcomes

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Yusufov

Isibor

et al. 2021

Pediatric Blood & Cancer

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Parents of children with cancer are prone to psychosocial distress, yet little is known about intervention response among diverse parents. Our systematic review and metaanalysis evaluated the efficacy of psychosocial interventions on anxiety and depression among parents of children with cancer and explored race and/or ethnicity differences in the efficacy of these interventions. Twenty articles met inclusion. The aggregate effect size on anxiety (−0.01, 95% CI: −0.95, 0.93, p = .97) and depression (−0.56, 95% CI: −1.65, 0.54, p = .32) showed micro to medium effects, with larger negative effect sizes indicating that anxiety and depression scores after treatment were lower for parents in intervention group as compared to control group. Neither aggregate effect size was statistically significantly different from zero. Due to underrepresentation of minorities, we could not perform subgroup or moderator analyses. Several efficacious psychosocial interventions were found to reduce parental anxiety. Future studies to examine psychosocial interventions in minority parents are warranted. K E Y W O R D S efficacy of psychosocial interventions, meta-analysis, parents of children with cancer, systematic review

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Effectiveness of psychoeducation interventions in reducing negative psychological outcomes and improving coping skills in caregivers of children with cancer: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Phiri,

Li,

Cheung

et al. 2023

Psycho-Oncology

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PurposePsychoeducation interventions (PEIs) have been used as an adjunct treatment for negative psychological outcomes in caregivers of children with cancer. This systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to evaluate the evidence on the effectiveness of PEIs in reducing anxiety and depressive symptoms and improving health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) and coping skills in caregivers of children with cancer.MethodTen English databases were searched to identify studies on PEIs for caregivers of children with cancer. Studies inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) participants who were caregivers of children with cancer receiving treatment; (2) psychoeducational interventions assessing anxiety, depressive symptoms, HRQoL, and coping outcomes; and (3) usual care, waitlist, or active control as a control group. Meta‐analysis and narrative synthesis were used to analyse data.ResultsFourteen randomised control trials were included. PEIs have a beneficial effect on anxiety levels (SMD: −0.59, 95% CI [−0.92, −0.25], p = 0.0007), quality of life (SMD: −0.31, 95% CI [−0.00, −0.61], p = 0.05) and depressive symptoms (SMD: −1.18, 95% CI [−2.08, −0.28], p = 0.01) immediately post‐intervention. The effect of PEIs was maintained at long‐term follow‐up on depressive symptoms (SMD: −0.52, 95% CI [−1.54, −0.36], p = 0.0004). Similarly, the synthesised data suggest that PEIs are effective in improving coping skills.ConclusionThe review provides evidence that PEIs effectively reduce negative psychological outcomes and improve coping skills in caregivers of children with cancer. However, due to methodological flaws and heterogeneity of the interventions evaluated, more research is needed to determine the most effective PEI design and improve the quality of evidence.

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The effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy for psychological distress among Chinese parents of children with a cancer diagnosis: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Abstract: SFBT may be beneficial for improving the critical support systems of parents of pediatric cancer patients. Thus, SFBT may have the potential to enhance children's well-being during cancer treatment and recovery.

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A Brief Online Mindfulness-Based Group Intervention for Psychological Distress Among Chinese Residents During COVID-19: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

A Brief Online Mindfulness-Based Group Intervention for Psychological Distress Among Chinese Residents During COVID-19: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

A systematic review and meta‐analytic evaluation of psychosocial interventions in parents of children with cancer with an exploratory focus on minority outcomes

Effectiveness of psychoeducation interventions in reducing negative psychological outcomes and improving coping skills in caregivers of children with cancer: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

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