The distress and unique needs of AYAs (adolescent/young adults) with an oncology diagnosis have been well explored and documented in the literature. However, effective means of reducing distress and meeting needs has been more elusive. This study explored the impact of a 6-week psychoeducational pilot group on AYA distress. Patient surveys and literature review were conducted to develop content for a 6-week psychoeducational group to reduce AYA distress through peer support and increased knowledge related to symptom management, physician communication, body image, family relationships, autonomy, sexuality, fertility, and coping skills. Distress was measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Twenty-one AYAs receiving oncology treatment enrolled in the group. Thirteen completed the program. Reasons for attrition included transportation, severity of symptoms, procedures, disinterest, and death. A correlated -test demonstrated a significant decrease in HADS total score from pre- to post-test. This pilot study suggests that providing AYAs with information relative to their unique developmental needs and opportunities to process those needs in an environment of peers is challenging but can have benefit. nCT01817335.
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Lancet Healthy Longev
January 2025
Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Background: Previous randomised controlled trials have largely relied on self-reported volunteer work to assess the effects of volunteering and have rarely provided structured volunteering activities during the intervention period. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of social volunteering work over 12 months on loneliness among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: A dual randomised controlled trial was done in Hong Kong to investigate the long-term effects of telephone-delivered psychosocial interventions by older Chinese volunteers who were screened as lonely, for older adult recipients who had low income, lived alone, felt lonely, and were digitally excluded.
Front Psychol
January 2025
Psychoeducation School, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Introduction: As people age, chronic stress, resulting in prolonged or repeated activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, has been associated with long-term adverse health outcomes. Coping strategies and social support have been recognized as contributing to resilience to stress in older adults. Few studies have evaluated stress management training (SMT) interventions based on psychoneuroendocrinology that were designed to be delivered to healthy older adults in community settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Being overweight/having obesity is a prevalent condition not only among the general population but also among individuals with special occupations such as police officers, where fitness is often a necessity. The present study's aim was to assess how much a psychoeducational intervention based on social cognitive theory (SCT) would be helpful for encouraging weight loss behaviors among police officers.
Methods: In a randomized control trial, 102 police officers who were overweight or had obesity voluntarily registered for a weight loss program and were assigned to either an intervention or control group.
Cancer Nurs
December 2024
Author Affiliations: School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin (Drs Phillips, Young, and Stuifbergen); Phyllis F. Cantor Center for Research in Nursing and Patient Care Services (Drs Phillips and Mazzola, Ms Xiong, and Dr Hammer) and Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care (Dr Morris), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Ohana, Center for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health, Monterey, California (Ms Woods); and The Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Ligibel).
Background: Oncology nurses frequently contend with intense work-related emotions stemming from their roles, which include bearing witness to suffering, managing end-of-life care, and navigating ethical dilemmas. These emotional challenges can lead to burnout, compassion fatigue, and overall psychological distress.
Objective: To determine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effect of implementing Storytelling Through Music (STM) online with oncology nurses.
JTO Clin Res Rep
December 2024
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Objectives: Patients with advanced lung cancer (LC) face significant physical, psychological, and functional challenges, increasing their reliance on caregivers for practical and emotional support. This study evaluates the efficacy of CareSTEPS (Self-Care, Stress management, Symptom management, Effective communication, Problem-solving, and Social support), a 6-week telephone-delivered intervention designed to improve psychological functioning (depression and anxiety symptoms) and reduce caregiver burden among family caregivers of patients with advanced LC.
Methods: In this multisite, open-label, parallel-group randomized controlled trial, 174 caregivers (74.
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