期刊
CANCERS
卷 13, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cancers13102460
关键词
adolescent; young adult; survivor; cancer survivorship; psychological interventions; online videoconferencing; telehealth; cognitive-behavioral therapy; quality of life; cancer continuum
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资金
- Cancer Institute of New South Wales [2020/ECF1163]
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [APP1143767, APP1111800]
- Cancer Institute of NSW [11/ECF/3-43]
- Kids with Cancer Foundation
- Kids Cancer Alliance
- Cancer Council New South Wales Program [PG16-02]
- Estate of the Late Harry McPaul
- Beyond Blue
- Cancer Australia [1022868]
The study evaluated an online, group-based, videoconferencing-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention for adolescents and young adult cancer survivors, finding no immediate impact on quality of life post-intervention, but an increase in adaptive coping skills. Participants reported higher negative impact of cancer, anxiety and depression at a 12-month follow-up. Furthermore, different survivor sub-groups may benefit differently from telehealth psychological interventions at different points in survivorship, highlighting the need for tailored support models.
Simple Summary Adolescents and young adult cancer survivors are vulnerable to psychological distress after completing cancer treatment. Telehealth (online videoconferencing) interventions may be able to address the gap in tailored, evidence-based supportive interventions. We evaluated an online, group-based, videoconference-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention ('Recapture Life') in a randomized trial. Forty cancer survivors between the ages of 15-25 years participated. No positive impacts on participants' quality of life emerged immediately following the intervention, but Recapture Life participants reported using more adaptive coping skills. Recapture Life participants also reported higher negative impact of cancer, anxiety and depression at a 12-month follow-up. Additional analyses suggested that survivors benefitted differently from the two online interventions (Recapture Life vs. peer-support group) depending on how recently they had completed their cancer treatment. Our data highlight that different survivor sub-groups may find group-based, telehealth psychological interventions more or less helpful at different points in survivorship. Telehealth interventions offer a practical platform to support adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors' mental health needs after treatment, yet efficacy data are lacking. We evaluated an online, group-based, videoconferencing-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention ('Recapture Life') in a 3-arm randomized-controlled trial comparing Recapture Life with an online peer-support group, and a waitlist control, with the aim of testing its impact on quality of life, emotional distress and healthcare service use. Forty AYAs (M-age = 20.6 years) within 24-months of completing treatment participated, together with 18 support persons. No groupwise impacts were measured immediately after the six-week intervention. However, Recapture Life participants reported using more CBT skills at the six-week follow-up (OR = 5.58, 95% CI = 2.00-15.56, p = 0.001) than peer-support controls. Recapture Life participants reported higher perceived negative impact of cancer, anxiety and depression at 12-month follow-up, compared to peer-support controls. Post-hoc analyses suggested that AYAs who were further from completing cancer treatment responded better to Recapture Life than those who had completed treatment more recently. While online telehealth interventions hold promise, recruitment to this trial was challenging. As the psychological challenges of cancer survivorship are likely to evolve with time, different support models may prove more or less helpful for different sub-groups of AYA survivors at different times.
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