Evaluating an interactive acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) workshop delivered to trained therapists working with cancer patients in the United Kingdom: a mixed methods approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

SURECAN (SUrvivors' Rehabilitation Evaluation after CANcer) is a multi-phase study developing and evaluating an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention integrated with exercise and work when highly valued (thus we called the intervention ACT+), for people who have completed treatment for cancer but who have low quality of life. We developed a training programme for therapists working in different psychological services to be delivered over 2-3 days. Our aim was to evaluate the extent to which the training could improve therapists' knowledge and confidence to deliver ACT+ to cancer patients in a trial setting.

Methods

Three interactive workshops were delivered to 29 therapists from three clinical settings in London and in Sheffield. A mixed-methods app

SUBMITTER: Moschopoulou E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9195438 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature