Pilot randomised controlled trial of the self-help plus stress management intervention among patients with breast and gynaecological cancer in Viet Nam: a study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Implementation of low-intensity, evidence-based psychological interventions can help meet the mental health and psychosocial needs of people with cancer, especially in low-resource settings where there is a dearth of mental health specialists. In this study, we will conduct a feasibility randomised controlled trial (RCT) of the stress management intervention Self-Help Plus, which has been translated and adapted to Vietnamese, vSH+, among people newly diagnosed with breast or gynaecological cancer in Viet Nam.

Methods and analysis

At six participating hospitals, individuals diagnosed with breast or gynaecologic cancer within the past year will be recruited, consented and randomised into either enhanced usual care (EUC) or EUC plus the vSH+ intervention, which con

SUBMITTER: Le PD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12716518 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature