Results from a randomized controlled trial testing StressProffen; an application-based stress-management intervention for cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In-person cognitive-behavioral stress-management interventions are consistently associated with reduced cancer distress. However, face-to-face delivery is an access barrier for many patients, and there is a need to develop remote-delivered interventions. The current study evaluated the preliminary efficacy of an application (app)-based cancer stress-management intervention, StressProffen, in a randomized controlled trial.

Methods

Cancer survivors, maximum 1-year posttreatment (N = 172), were randomized to StressProffen (n = 84) or a usual care control group (n = 88). Participants received a blended delivery care model: (a) one face-to-face introduction session, (b) 10 app-based cognitive-behavioral stress-management modules, and (c) follow-up phone calls at weeks

SUBMITTER: Borosund E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7286452 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature