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ArticlePalliative & supportive care2025

Evaluating the acceptability of a self-directed, self-management intervention for patients and caregivers facing advanced cancer.

Sydney Wasserman, Lydia Ould Brahim, Andrea Maria Laizner, Anita Mehta, José Côté, Melissa Henry, Kimberly Thibodeau, Vasiliki Bessy Bitzas, Sylvie D Lambert

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Article in Palliative & supportive care, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Sydney WassermanIngram School of Nursing, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2114-6562
Lydia Ould BrahimIngram School of Nursing, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1638-4953
Andrea Maria LaiznerIngram School of Nursing, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7482-4542
Anita MehtaIngram School of Nursing, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3523-8249
José CôtéFaculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0617-2861
Melissa HenryGerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0642-0888
Kimberly ThibodeauMcGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Vasiliki Bessy BitzasIngram School of Nursing, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6360-5734
Sylvie D LambertIngram School of Nursing, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9202-9251

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesCoping-Together is a self-directed, self-management intervention initially developed for patients in early-stages of cancer and their caregivers. This study evaluated its acceptability among patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers.

methodsTwenty-six participants (patients with advanced cancer

resultsParticipants found Coping-Together was mostly relevant. All ( SIGNIFICANCE OF

resultsParticipants reported several benefits from using Coping-Together, with minimal adaptations needed. Creating SMARTTER self-management plans helped them implement self-management strategies. Specific areas for improvement addressed the need for improved accessibility and more content related to advanced cancer. Findings demonstrate how Coping-Together is acceptable for those living with advanced cancer and their caregivers, offering much of the support needed to enhance day-to-day quality of life.

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CaregiversNeoplasmsSelf-ManagementAdaptation, PsychologicalAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQualitative ResearchAdvanced cancercancer survivorshipcaregiverseducational interventionself-management

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PMID39905766
PMCPMC13166373

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