Key result
Telephone interpersonal counseling and self-managed exercise decreased symptoms of anxiety in women with breast cancer and their partners compared to attention control.
Why the study?
Do telephone-delivered psychosocial interventions decrease depression and anxiety in women with breast cancer and their partners?
Population
96 women with breast cancer and their 96 partners (total n=192)
Comparison
6-week programs of either telephone… vs 6-week attention control (AC) program
Design
RCT, assigned randomly
Follow-up
6 weeks
Authors
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May support telephone interventions for breast cancer dyads; leaves open routine adoption pending larger trials.
RCT (n=192)
randomly assigned
Do telephone-delivered psychosocial interventions decrease depression and anxiety in women with breast cancer and their partners?
Telephone-delivered psychosocial interventions, including interpersonal counseling and self-managed exercise, effectively reduce anxiety in women with breast cancer and their partners.
Badger et al. (2006) conducted an RCT in Breast cancer (n=192). Telephone interpersonal counseling (TIP-C) and self-managed exercise vs. Attention control (AC) was evaluated on Symptoms of depression and anxiety. Telephone interpersonal counseling and self-managed exercise decreased symptoms of anxiety in women with breast cancer and their partners compared to attention control.
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