An Investigation into the Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy on Marital Intimacy and Molecular Indices in Families of Women diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer.Agranulocytosis secondary to cancer chemotherapyD70.1
- Registration Number
- IRCT20200207046406N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Islamic Azad University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Participants are married women.
Participants were sexually active and were less than 55 years of age.
Participants had definitive diagnosis of stage two breast cancer.
Participants had undergone mastectomy surgery.
Minimum literacy.
Normal listening ability.
Written informed consent to attend therapy sessions.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Marital Intimacy. Timepoint: Measurement will be done in pre-test, post-test and follow-up three months after post-test. Method of measurement: Bagarouzi Intimacy Needs Questionnaire (2001).;Molecular Indices. Timepoint: Measurement will be done in pre-test, post-test and follow-up three months after post-test. Method of measurement: Data on dependent variables including cortisol and oxytocin on venous blood samples will be obtained by laboratory assay methods.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method