ArticleNursing open2021
A feasibility study of an integrated couples-based supportive programme for Chinese couples living with colorectal cancer.
Article in Nursing open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Implementation research on common cancers (lung, breast, and colorectal) in Asia - a systematic review.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a systematic transaction model-guided dyadic coping nursing intervention for patients with breast cancer and their spousal caregivers: A pilot study.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
- Design of Digital Mental Health Platforms for Family Member Cocompletion: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- The Illness Perceptions and Coping Experiences of Patients with Colorectal Cancer and Their Spousal Caregivers: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The development and evaluation of a web-based complex intervention: The caring for couples coping with colorectal cancer "4Cs: CRC" program.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2022Article
- A feasibility study of an integrated couples-based supportive programme for Chinese couples living with colorectal cancer.Nursing open · 2021Article
- An Implementation Process Evaluation Based on an Integrated Psychosocial Support Program of Colorectal Cancer Couples in China: A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Interventions to Improve Self-Efficacy in Colorectal Cancer Patients and/or Caregivers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of oncology · 2021Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
aimTo test the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of using an integrated approach combined online and in-person delivery to support colorectal cancer (CRC) patients and their spousal caregivers coping positively with cancer together.
designA single-arm pre-post-feasibility design was used.
methodsChinese CRC patient-partner dyads (N = 24) accessed the blended intervention combined online platform and face-to-face sessions for six weeks between October 2019 to January 2020. Feasibility was measured through recruitment and retention and acceptability was examined by intervention engagement and post-treatment programme evaluation. Effect sizes were calculated using the complete data (N = 20 couple dyads) to evaluate preliminary treatment effect.
resultsRecruitment (70.6%) and retention rates (83.3%) supported programme feasibility. Participants' positive intervention engagements and evaluations indicated acceptability. The overall small-to-medium improvements in most outcome measures verified preliminary efficacy of the integrated couples-based supportive programme. The findings support its feasible and acceptable for couples coping with CRC and show potential efficacy.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.