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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2019

Preliminary Results From a Randomized Controlled Study for an App-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program for Depression and Anxiety in Cancer Patients.

Kyunghee Ham, Siyung Chin, Yung Jae Suh, Myungah Rhee, Eun-Seung Yu, Hyun Jeong Lee, Jong-Heun Kim, Sang Wun Kim, Su-Jin Koh, Kyong-Mee Chung

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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  6. The efficacy of web or mobile-based interventions to alleviate emotional symptoms in people with advanced cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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Kyunghee HamDepartment of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
Siyung ChinDepartment of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
Yung Jae SuhDepartment of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
Myungah RheeDepartment of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
Eun-Seung YuDepartment of Psychiatry, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, South Korea.
Hyun Jeong LeeDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, South Korea.
Jong-Heun KimDepartment of Psychiatry, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, South Korea.
Sang Wun KimDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Cancer Clinic, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Su-Jin KohDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea.
Kyong-Mee ChungDepartment of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer patients experience various psychological and social difficulties, the most common being depression and anxiety. The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of an app-based cognitive behavioral therapy program for depression and anxiety in cancer patients. For this purpose, 63 participants who met the inclusion criteria were randomly assigned to either a mobile-application-based cognitive behavioral therapy program (HARUToday), a simple information-provision mobile-application-based program (HARUCard), or a waitlist control group. Self-report questionnaires including the Beck Depression Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Health-Related Quality of Life Scale, Dysfunctional Attitude Scale, and two computer tasks including the dot-probe task and the Implicit Association Test, were administered before and after 66 days of intervention. The results showed that the Beck Depression Inventory and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory scores of the cognitive behavioral therapy program (HARUToday) group decreased significantly after the intervention compared to the attention control (HARUCard) and waitlist control groups. However, there were no significant changes in scores of the Health-Related Quality of Life Scale and Dysfunctional Attitude Scale, and the two computer tasks. Such results suggest that a mobile-application-based cognitive behavioral therapy program may be an effective intervention for alleviating depression and anxiety, but not the general quality of life of cancer patients. Taking into consideration that psychosocial problems may not the topmost priority for cancer patients who are facing a chronic and possibly mortal disease, a mobile-application cognitive behavioral therapy program may be a possible solution for the alleviation of depression and anxiety in cancer patients who have many restraints in terms of time and space.

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app-based treatmentcancercognitive behavioral therapymobile healthpsychosocial problems

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PMCPMC6669916

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