Breast Cancer Patients Diagnosed
Conditions
Keywords
Depression, Emotion Regulation, Social Support, Interpersonal Relationships, Breast Cancer
Brief summary
This study is planned to examine the effect of Interpersonal Relationship Psychotherapy on depression, interpersonal emotion regulation and multidimensional perceived social support levels of breast cancer patients with depression risk.
Detailed description
There are not enough studies showing the effect of IPT, which is an evidence-based psychotherapy that works on problem areas such as role change that may occur with the disease and provides support for recognizing and using social support mechanisms, on cancer patients. This study is thought to make a significant contribution to the literature, especially in terms of making family support, which has an important place in social support systems, available to patients, intervening in interpersonal emotion regulation problems that may occur in patients and affecting depression levels.
Interventions
OTHERPSYCHOTHERAPY
IPT, was prepared by the researcher who completed the interpersonal relations psychotherapy training.The first interview will be conducted face-to-face in the offices of Koç University Faculty of Nursing. Subsequent sessions will be conducted via Zoom according to the availability of the patients included in the study. The day and time of the interviews will be planned according to the availability of the patients before the interviews. A total of 12 interviews are planned to be conducted with a patient for 40-60 minutes each. Interview intervals will be organized as once a week.
Sponsors
Koç University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Randomized controlled trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Includes Criteria * Ability to communicate in Turkish * Diagnosed with Stage-II and Stage-III breast cancer * Continuing outpatient treatment * Four points on the Primary Care Depression Screening Scale * Internet connection * Has a phone that can use the zoom app to continue conversations to be * To be able to use the Zoom app
Exclusion criteria
* Being a pediatric oncology/hematology patient * Diagnosed with stage -IV breast cancer * Taking psychopharmacological medication * To have received KIPT within the last year
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beck Depression Screening Scale for Primary Care | Through study completion, an average of 6 months | Each question has four answers. The lowest possible score is zero and the highest possible score is three. A total maximum score of 21 and a minimum score of zero can be achieved. Depression scores of breast cancer patients are expected to decrease after treatment. It is expected to fall below 4 points. |
| Interpersonal relationships emotion regulation scale | Through study completion, an average of 6 months | The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 100 and the lowest score is 20. The high score obtained from each sub-dimension of the scale indicates that the individual has the characteristic evaluated by the relevant sub-dimension. Scores obtained from the scale were found to be related to the total score of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale and also to depression and anxiety.An increase in the interpersonal relations emotion regulation scale score is expected in breast cancer patients after treatment. This increase shows that it has a positive effect on individuals' emotion regulation. |
| Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale: | Through study completion, an average of 6 months | The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 12 and the highest score is 84. An increase in the total score of the scale means an increase in the level of perceived social support. Social support scores of breast cancer patients are expected to increase after treatment. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed