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 Prof. Qiuping Li Jiangnan University, China |
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| Title: Effect of a couple-based posttraumatic growth intervention for colorectal cancer couples: a randomized controlled pilot study | |
| Abstract: Colorectal cancer (CRC) causes severe physical and psychological impacts on patients and their spousal caregivers. We developed a couple-based post-traumatic growth (PTG) intervention based on the PTG affective-cognitive processing model to facilitate CRC couples’ psychological adaptation. The study tested the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effect of the intervention. A pre-post randomized controlled pilot trail was conducted for Chinese couples coping with CRC. Participants in the intervention group were provided five weekly sessions consecutively, while the control group used usual care during this period. Outcomes include positive changes [PTG, benefit finding (BF)], marital satisfaction, quality of life (QOL), and anxiety and depression. Qualitative method also used to evaluate participants’ program participating feeling and suggestions. Program recruitment and retention rate were 78.6% and 87.5%, respectively. Participants reported overall satisfaction of the program and made suggestions on more detailed diet guidance. Small-to-medium effect size was shown in PTG, BF, physical and mental health, and anxiety and depression for CRC couples, and marital satisfaction for spousal caregivers. The study confirmed the feasibility and preliminary positive effects of the couple-based PTG intervention, but lager-scaled researches are wanted. The couple-based intervention is affective for couples coping with CRC. Clinicians should consider to use the components of the intervention in their practice work for CRC couples. | |
| Biography: Li Qiuping, Ph. D and M. D, professor, supervisor in master degree. Her research interests comprise nursing education, digestive system diseases and cancer care. The major research contents mainly focus on the development and evaluation of supportive psychological intervention model for cancer patients and their family caregivers. She has accomplished 11 research projects. More than 90 articles were published by the first author or corresponding author, among which 50 were included in SCI journals. She has edited 16 textbooks and 5 Monographs, and secured research funding from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) as principal investigator. | |
