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Acceptance and commitment therapy for adults with advanced cancer (CanACT): A feasibility randomised controlled trial.
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Psycho-Oncology . Mar2019, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p488-496. 9p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- <bold>Objective: </bold>To understand the feasibility of recruiting people with advanced cancer into a randomised controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) vs a standardised talking control (TC) and delivering ACT to this population; to explore the acceptability of outcome measures and generate normative data.<bold>Methods: </bold>This was a feasibility two-arm randomised controlled trial. Participants were attendees with advanced cancer at one of three hospice-based day-therapy units in London, United Kingdom, who demonstrated low scores on the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapies-General (FACT-G). The primary end point was 3 months.<bold>Results: </bold>The recruitment target was 54 participants; 42 people were recruited and randomised to up to eight individual sessions of ACT (n = 20) or TC (n = 22). Eighteen out of 42 (43%) of participants completed the primary outcome at 3 months, and at least one follow-up was available in 30/42 (71%) participants. An exploratory analysis revealed a non-significant adjusted mean difference after 3 months in the main outcome FACT-G of -3.41 (CI = -18.61-11.79) with TC having better functioning. Over 6 months, the adjusted mean difference between trial arms was 2.25 (CI = -6.03-10.52) in favour of ACT.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>It is feasible to recruit people with advanced cancer in a trial of ACT versus TC. Future research should test the effectiveness of ACT in a fully powered trial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- *ACCEPTANCE & commitment therapy
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10579249
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Psycho-Oncology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 135078683
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4960