Breast cancer-mastectomy surgery.
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Women aged 35 to 55 who have undergone unilateral or bilateral mastectomy. Participants must have completed their course of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy at least three months prior to the study, showing improvement after treatment. Participants should not have a history of psychotherapy or drug treatment for mental disorders prior to the study. Participants must not have undergone breast reconstruction surgery. Participants must be able to understand and provide informed consent to participate in the study. Participants must have the cognitive ability to participate in therapy sessions and complete assessments.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Participants who miss more than two treatment sessions without valid justification will be excluded from the study. Participants who voluntarily withdrew from the study before completing treatment or assessments were recorded as withdrawals. Participants should be assessed at follow-up using the same psychological instruments used initially to assess changes in psychosocial-cognitive factors. Participants who experience local recurrence (reappearance of cancer in the same area of ??the breast or chest) or distant metastasis (cancer in other parts of the body) during the study will be withdrawn from the trial to ensure their health and safety.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Coping power. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the intervention - a 3-month follow-up period. Method of measurement: the silver lining questionnaire (SLQ-38).;Self-Empathy. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the intervention - a 3-month follow-up period. Method of measurement: Self-Empathy Scale (SCS-SF): Christian Neff.;Stress-Related Growth. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the intervention - a 3-month follow-up period. Method of measurement: Stress-Related Growth Scale (SRGS-SF) Short Version: Tedeschi , Calhoun (1996).;Quality of life. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the intervention - a 3-month follow-up period. Method of measurement: quality of life in adult cancer survivors (QLACS): Avis et al. (2005).;Emotional Self-Efficacy. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the intervention - a 3-month follow-up period. Method of measurement: Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale (ESES) Short Form: Qualter and Dacre (2012).;Defeat of failure. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the intervention - a 3-month follow-up period. Method of measurement: defeat of failure (DQ): Gilbert and Allen (1998).;Body acceptance. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the intervention - a 3-month follow-up period. Method of measurement: Body acceptance scale for women with breast cancer (BAS-BC): Ahn and Suh (2018). | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
The University of Urmia