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Evaluating a couple communication skills training (CCST) intervention for advanced cancer: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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Couple Communication Skills Training for Advanced Cancer
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Engage: Protocol of a randomized controlled trial of a telehealth-delivered psychosocial intervention to decrease symptom interference in patients with advanced cancer.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Effects of dyadic coping on post-traumatic growth in patients and couples with breast cancer: an analysis based on the actor-partner interdependence model.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Couple communication in cancer: A tale of two conceptual models.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2024Article
- Tailored Psychological Interventions to Manage Body Image: An Opinion Study on Breast Cancer Survivors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundFor patients and their intimate partners, advanced cancer poses significant challenges that can negatively impact both individuals and their relationship. Prior studies have found evidence that couple-based communication skills interventions can to be beneficial for patients and partners. However, these studies have been limited by reliance on in-person treatment delivery and have not targeted couples at high risk for poor outcomes. This study tests the efficacy of a Couples Communication Skills Training (CCST) intervention delivered via videoconference for couples reporting high levels of holding back from discussing cancer-related concerns, a variable associated with poorer psychological and relationship functioning.
methodsThis RCT is designed to evaluate the efficacy of CCST in improving patient and partner relationship functioning (primary outcome). Secondary outcomes include patient and partner psychological functioning and patient symptoms and health care use. We also examine the role of objective and self-reported communication behaviors as mediators of treatment effects. Two hundred thirty patients with advanced lung, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and breast cancer and their partners will be randomized to CCST or an education control intervention. Participants in both conditions complete self-reported outcome measures at baseline, mid-treatment, post-treatment, and 3 months post-treatment. Objective measures of communication are derived from video-recorded couple conversations collected at baseline and post-treatment. An implementation-related process evaluation (assessing implementation outcomes and potential barriers to/facilitators of implementation) will be conducted to inform future efforts to implement CCST in real-world settings. DISCUSSION: This trial can yield important new knowledge about effective ways to improve patient and partner adjustment to advanced cancer.
trial registrationThis study trial is registered at clinicaltrials.gov (Trial # NCT04590885); registration date: October 19, 2020.
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