Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Enhancing Coping Skills in Patients With Cancer

Study Description

Brief Summary: * Approximately 30% of all patients with cancer report levels of psychological distress indicative of the need for psychological intervention. * Research suggests that learning more adaptive coping strategies improves psychological adjustment to cancer. * It is imperative to develop cost-efficient, feasible psychosocial interventions. * The aim is to test the efficacy of the self administered format of a psycho-educational intervention (NUCARE) in reducing distress and enhancing adaptive coping strategies for cancer patients. It is hypothesized that: * patients would show significant reductions in distress (i.e., depression and anxiety) over the 6-week treatment period, and that treatment would produce superior results compared to wait-list; patients would maintain or even increase their improvement up to 3 months following treatment. * the treatment would enhance more adaptive coping strategies. * greater self-reported adherence to the treatment/homework would be associated with symptom improvement, more autonomous self-regulation and higher perceived competence for adhering to the coping intervention program.

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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT

Sex: ALL

Healthy Volunteers: No

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