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Trial reportBMC cancer2023

Psychological interventions during breast cancer rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial comparing structured short-term psychotherapy versus non-specific group discussion.

David Fauser, Elena Rimalis-Vogt, Johannes Mattes, Matthias Bethge

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Trial report in BMC cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Personalised graded psychological intervention on negative emotion and quality of life in patients with breast cancer.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David FauserInstitute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany. davidpeter.fauser@uksh.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3845-3094
Elena Rimalis-VogtVAMED Rehaklinik Ahrenshoop, Dorfstrasse 55, 18347, Ahrenshoop, Germany.
Johannes MattesVAMED Rehaklinik Ahrenshoop, Dorfstrasse 55, 18347, Ahrenshoop, Germany.
Matthias BethgeInstitute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6417-7812
University of Lübeck · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposePsycho-oncological treatment is recommended in cancer rehabilitation as it improves fatigue, anxiety, depression, and quality of life in breast cancer patients. The aim of our study was to compare a structured short-term psychotherapy and a non-specific group discussion provided during breast cancer rehabilitation.

methodsBreast cancer patients were randomly assigned to structured group short-term psychotherapy or a non-specific group discussion during breast cancer rehabilitation. The patients completed questionnaires at the beginning and end of rehabilitation and three months after rehabilitation. The primary outcome was anxiety. Secondary outcomes were depression, distress, fatigue and health-related quality of life domains.

resultsIn total, 160 patients (80 in both groups) were recruited and included in the analysis. There was no significant difference between both groups in the primary outcome anxiety at the end of rehabilitation (difference = -0.2; 95% CI -1.2 to 0.7) and three months after rehabilitation (difference = 0.2; 95% CI -0.9 to 1.3) and in any secondary outcome. Patients in the short-term psychotherapy group with high anxiety levels at baseline reported fewer depressive symptoms at the end of rehabilitation.

conclusionsOur study showed no difference between structured short-term psychotherapy and a non-specific group discussion. Patients with high baseline anxiety levels were more likely to benefit from short-term structured psychotherapy. Early identification of this subgroup and symptoms of mental illness should occur after initial treatment in breast cancer patients in order to offer a structured treatment for anxiety and depressive symptoms during rehabilitation.

trial registrationGerman Clinical Trials Register (DRKS00017571; 08/07/2019).

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsPsychotherapy, BriefDepressionFatigueFemaleHumansPsychosocial InterventionPsychotherapyQuality of LifeBreast cancerPsychological interventionsRandomized controlled trialRehabilitationShort-term psychotherapy

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PMID37990301
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