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Breast Cancer
Focus-group intervention for breast cancer survivors and spouses decrease stress
May 13th, 2004
Focus-group intervention for breast cancer survivors and spouses decrease stress. "Recent studies have shown that interventions that increase breast cancer patients' communication with family members lead to reduced patient distress." A "treatment development and pilot study of an intervention for couples coping with breast cancer" was described by researchers writing in the journal Family Process. In phase 1 of this study, 10 couples participated in two focus groups that generated ideas and themes for the intervention. An intervention with 48 couples was developed and pilot tested in phase 2: "12 in a 2-session format, 21 in a 1-session...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-05-13)
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