Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2012
Therapeutic alliance in telephone-administered cognitive-behavioral therapy for hematopoietic stem cell transplant survivors.
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- Telemedicine in Malignant and Nonmalignant Hematology: Systematic Review of Pediatric and Adult Studies.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Pooled it
- Care for the cancer caregiver: a systematic review.Palliative & supportive care · 2013Pooled it
- Incorporating a Stepped Care Approach Into Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mental health · 2024Trial
- Stronger therapeutic alliance is associated with better quality of life among patients with advanced cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2021Trial
- Development of the Therapeutic Alliance and its Association With Internet-Based Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Distressed Cancer Patients: Secondary Analysis of a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Trial
- Exploring the cancer caregiver's journey through web-based Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy.Psycho-oncology · 2018Trial
- Telephone-adapted mindfulness-based stress reduction (tMBSR) for patients awaiting kidney transplantation: Trial design, rationale and feasibility.Contemporary clinical trials · 2015Trial
- A randomized pilot trial of a telephone-based couples intervention for physical intimacy and sexual concerns in colorectal cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2014Trial
- Cancer patients' sense of coherence - psycho-oncological consultations and therapeutic alliance as salutogenic factors.Health psychology report · 2024Article
- Telehealth in hematopoietic cell transplantation: perspective from patients at a public hospital in Brazil.Bone marrow transplantation · 2022Article
- A Scoping Review on Outcomes and Outcome Measurement Instruments in Rehabilitative Interventions for Patients with Haematological Malignancies Treated with Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Article
- The Use of Virtual Care in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies: A Scoping Review.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Article
- The Impact of Matching to Psychotherapy Preference on Engagement in a Randomized Controlled Trial for Patients With Advanced Cancer.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Palliative care during and following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.Current opinion in supportive and palliative care · 2018Review
- Feasibility of a Telehealth Educational Program on Self-Management of Pain and Fatigue in Adult Cancer Patients.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2017Article
- Existential distress among caregivers of patients with brain tumors: a review of the literature.Neuro-oncology practice · 2016Review
- Unmet Needs for Psychosocial Care in Hematologic Malignancies and Hematopoietic Cell Transplant.Current hematologic malignancy reports · 2016Review
- Retaining Low-Income Minority Cancer Patients in a Depression Treatment Intervention Trial: Lessons Learned.Community mental health journal · 2015Article
- Preliminary study of themes of meaning and psychosocial service use among informal cancer caregivers.Palliative & supportive care · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveA strong therapeutic alliance has been found to predict psychotherapeutic treatment success across a variety of therapeutic modalities and patient populations. However, only a few studies have examined therapeutic alliance as a predictor of psychotherapy outcome among cancer survivors, and none have examined this relation in telephone-administered cognitive-behavioral therapy (T-CBT). This study evaluated the extent to which therapeutic alliance affected psychotherapy outcomes in survivors of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), a treatment for some cancers.
methodForty-six patients enrolled in a randomized clinical trial of T-CBT for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) completed a baseline assessment (including self-report measures of PTSD symptoms, depression, and general distress), 10 individual T-CBT sessions, and follow-up assessments at 6, 9, and 12 months post-baseline. Therapeutic alliance was assessed after the 3rd T-CBT session with the Working Alliance Inventory, which yields overall and subscale (task, bond, and goal) scores.
resultsAnalyses revealed that higher total therapeutic alliance scores prospectively predicted decreased depressive symptomatology; higher task scores predicted decreased overall distress, depressive symptomatology, symptoms of re-experiencing, and avoidance; and higher bond scores predicted decreased depressive symptomatology and symptoms of re-experiencing.
conclusionsThese results suggest that assessments of therapeutic alliance should be incorporated into routine clinical care, and therapeutic alliance should be specifically cultivated in interventions to maximize psychotherapeutic benefits involving vulnerable populations such as cancer survivors.
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