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Psychological distress in partners of cancer patients: efficacy of an online self-help interventio

Completed
Conditions
psychologische distress door de ziekte van de partner
mental health
psychological distress
Registration Number
NL-OMON41531
Lead Sponsor
niversiteit Twente
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
261
Inclusion Criteria

- Age >= 18 years
- Being partner of an cancer patient (diagnosis is longer than 3 months ago) or cancer survivor*
- Having internet access, and having an e-mail address
- Being able to speak, write and read Dutch language
- Having mild to moderate symptoms of psychological distress (>3 on the total Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS); Zigmond & Snaith, 1983). ;* In case a cancer patient dies during the online intervention, partners are allowed to go on with the intervention if they want to.

Exclusion Criteria

- Severe anxiety (score on HADS-A >= 15) and/or severe depression (score on HADS-D >= 15)
- Recently started (less than three months ago)with psychological or psychopharmacological treatment
- Not being able to spend 1-1.5 hours on the intervention every week
- Partner died because of cancer
- If diagnosis is less than 3 months ago

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
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