Purpose: We conducted a randomized clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of a cognitive rehabilitation (CR) intervention compared with a wait list (WL) control condition on cognitive complaints, neuropsychological and brain functioning in breast cancer survivors (BCS).
Methods: The small group intervention of five sessions included psychoeducation and cognitive exercises.
Objective: Psychosocial concerns arise after a cancer diagnosis and during treatment requiring oncology clinicians to initiate discussions to identify distress. This study examined patient–clinician communication about psychosocial concerns and predictors of assessment and treatment/referral for distress.
Objective: To evaluate the mode of delivery of a stress management intervention, in a group or individual setting, on self-reported cancer-related traumatic stress symptoms. A secondary aim was to evaluate a stepped care approach.
Objective: This study’s purpose was to characterize the experience of patients with breast cancer randomly assigned to the intervention arm of Project Connect Online (PCO), a randomized controlled trial of an Internet-based intervention, and to examine relationships between website use variables and psychosocial outcomes.
Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of an Internet-based guided self-help intervention for posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and related symptoms in parents of children on cancer treatment.
Purpose: A clinical pathway for anxiety and depression in adult cancer patients was developed to guide best practice in Australia.
Methods: The pathway was based on a rapid review of existing guidelines, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, stakeholder interviews, a Delphi process with 87 multidisciplinary stakeholders and input from a multidisciplinary advisory panel.
Objective: Although many studies indicate that the use of complementary and alternative medicine by cancer patients is common and widespread, few studies have focused on unmet needs of patients using complementary therapies (CTs). The aim of the present study was to evaluate, through a quantitative approach, possible associations between the use of CTs and the presence of specific unmet needs in cancer patients.
Objective: Staying independent is an important need for cancer patients living alone. Such patients might have specific informal support needs in order to stay independent. We want to explore which informal support patients living alone perceive as helpful along the cancer care continuum.
Methods: A purposeful sample of 32 patients living alone and undergoing cancer treatment were interviewed, using a semi-structured interview guide. Seventeen of them were interviewed a second time, 8 months to 1 year later. Analysis was conducted using grounded theory techniques.
