Effects of a Group Coaching Program on Depression, Anxiety and Hope in Women with Breast Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy

Abstract

연구의 필요성유방암은Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a group coaching program (GCP) on depression, anxiety, and hope in women breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Methods: A total of 152 patients were enrolled and randomly assigned to an experimental group receiving the GCP (N=76) and an untreated control group (N=76). Data collection consisted of three measurements of depression, anxiety, and hope (pre, post, and 3weeks later). The intervention was a one-time GCP consisting of 5 subparts for 30~40 minutes for a group of 3~4 people, conducted by a single nurse. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Effects of Laughter Therapy on Improving Negative Emotions Associated with Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…All the studies eligible were articles with full text. Four studies were published in Korea, all with English abstracts [26][27][28][29], one from Turkey [30], and one from Iran [31]. In summary, these trials randomly assigned 487 participants to either a laughter-inducing intervention or control group, with sample sizes ranging from 34 to 88 participants.…”

“…The results of the laughter induction intervention were compared with those of conventional treatment. 2 studies reported effects on pain [30,32], 5 on anxiety [26][27][28][29][30], 3 on stress [26][27][28], 4 on depression [26][27][28][29], and 1 on fatigue [29]. Intervention duration ranged from 2 weeks to 8 weeks.…”

“…Blinding for outcome assessment was considered low risk because all outcomes were self-reported measures. Overall, study quality was relatively high, except for 3 studies that lacked descriptions of random generation [27,29,32] and 3 studies lacked that of allocation concealment [26,27,32].…”

“…There are 3 studies [26][27][28] of all 7 studies reporting the positive effects of laughter on stress among cancer patients. Two studies used the Korean version of the Brief Encounter Psychosocial Instrument [33], one study used the Korean version of the Perceived Stress Scale [34].…”

Crying Therapy Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors: Development and Effects

“…Often, these symptoms persist even after the conclusion of treatment and can continue to impair QOL [5,6]. Therefore, to improve QOL in patients with breast cancer, it is important that interventions target not only physical health but also reduce negative psychological symptoms [7].…”