Trial reportPsycho-oncology2020
Long-term efficacy of meaning-centered group psychotherapy for cancer survivors: 2-Year follow-up results of a randomized controlled trial.
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- Effects of psychosocial support interventions on survival in inpatient and outpatient healthcare settings: A meta-analysis of 106 randomized controlled trials.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Long-term efficacy of meaning-centered group psychotherapy for cancer survivors: 2-Year follow-up results of a randomized controlled trial.Psycho-oncology · 2020Trial
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- Effects of Social Support Interventions on Medical Patient Survival: A Meta-Analysis of Non-Randomized Clinical Trials.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Post-Traumatic Growth in Adult Cancer Survivors: A Scoping Review of Psychological Factors, Predictors, and Interventions.International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie · 2025Article
- Neuromuscular exercise in addition to celecoxib versus celecoxib alone for symptomatic and radiographic knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Cosmology of belonging: The role of community in the therapeutic use of psychedelics.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
- Evidence summary of meaning in life intervention for cancer patients.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
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- Meaning-Centred Coping Predicted Lower Depressive Symptoms among Caregivers with Complicated Grief.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2024Article
- Effects of meaning therapy on spirituality, psychological health, and quality of life in patients with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2024Review
- Exploring the experience of meaning-centered group psychotherapy among Chinese cancer patients during active treatment: a descriptive qualitative study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Spiritual well-being, distress and quality of life in Hispanic women diagnosed with cancer undergoing treatment with chemotherapy.Psycho-oncology · 2022Article
- Crosstalk between Existential Phenomenological Psychotherapy and Neurological Sciences in Mood and Anxiety Disorders.Biomedicines · 2021Review
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Abstract
objectiveMeaning-centered group psychotherapy for cancer survivors (MCGP-CS) is an effective intervention to improve personal meaning, psychological well-being, and depressive symptoms until 6 months after the intervention. In this study, the long-term effects of MCGP-CS (i.e., at 1- and 2-year follow-up) on meaning, psychological well-being and posttraumatic growth were assessed, in comparison to supportive group psychotherapy (SGP) and care as usual (CAU).
methodsCancer survivors (n = 170) were randomized into MCGP-CS, SGP, or CAU. Assessments were scheduled at baseline, 1 week, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years postintervention. Outcome measures were the Personal Meaning Profile, Ryff's Scales of Psychological Well-Being (SPWB), the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, and their subscales. Linear mixed models (LMM) were used and results were both reported on an intention-to-treat (ITT) basis, as well as for intervention completers only.
resultsLMM and post hoc analyses with Bonferroni correction revealed that MCGP-CS participants reported more improvement on positive relations (subscale of SPWB) than CAU participants of 2-year postintervention (ITT analysis, Cohen's d = .82). Completers also reported more personal growth (subscale of SPWB) after MCGP-CS than after SGP 1-year postintervention (Cohen's d = .94). No long-term effects were found on the other outcome measures.
conclusionsIn the 2 years after MCGP-CS, the short-term significant effects on personal meaning and most positive effects related to psychological well-being faded. However, MCGP-CS had a long-term positive effect on positive relations with others and on survivors' sense of personal growth.
trial registrationNetherlands Trial Register: NTR3571.
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