Journal article
Finding My Way: results of a multicentre RCT evaluating a web-based self-guided psychosocial intervention for newly diagnosed cancer survivors
Lisa Beatty, Emma Kemp, Joseph R Coll, Jane Turner, Phyllis Butow, Donna Milne, Patsy Yates, Sylvie Lambert, Addie Wootten, Desmond Yip, Bogda Koczwara
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER | SPRINGER | Published : 2019
Abstract
PURPOSE: This multicentre randomised controlled trial examined the efficacy of Finding My Way (FMW), a 6-week/6-module online self-guided psychotherapeutic intervention for newly diagnosed curatively treated cancer survivors, in reducing cancer-related distress and improving quality of life compared to an online attention control. METHODS: Participants were randomised on a 1:1 ratio using a gender-stratified block design to intervention (n = 94) or attention control (n = 97), and were blinded to condition. Assessments were completed at baseline (T0), post-intervention (T1), 3 months (T2), and 6 months (T3) post-intervention. Mixed model repeated measures analyses examined differences between..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This RCT was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (Grant No. 1042942). Dr. Beatty is supported by a Cancer Council SA Postdoctoral Fellow (Cancer Support).