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.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a Systematic Transaction Model (STM)-guided dyadic coping nursing intervention for patients with breast cancer and their spouses.

Methods

A single-arm, pre-test/post-test pilot study was conducted at a tertiary hospital in Wuxi, China, recruiting 28 breast cancer patient-caregiver pairs. Each dyad participated in six hybrid intervention sessions. Paired t-tests were used to evaluate pre- and post-intervention changes, and effect sizes were calculated. Feasibility was assessed by recruitment and retention rates, acceptability via the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 (CSQ-8), and preliminary efficacy through measures of body image, dyadic coping, post-traumatic growth, and marit

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11664281 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature