Eva Rames Nissen|Maja O’Connor|Viktor Kaldo|Inger Højris|Michael Borre|Robert Zachariae|Mimi Mehlsen
Internet?delivered mindfulness?based cognitive therapy for anxiety and depression in cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial
Aarhus University|Aarhus University|Stockholm Health Care Services|Karolinska Institutet|Linnaeus University|Aarhus University Hospital|Aarhus University Hospital|Aarhus University|Aarhus University Hospital|Aarhus University
abstract objective internetdelivered interventions may alleviate distress cancer survivors limited access psychological facetoface treatment collaboration group cancer survivors developed tested efficacy therapistassisted internetdelivered mindfulnessbased cognitive therapy imbct program anxiety depression cancer survivors methods total 1282 cancer survivors screened anxiety depression routine oncology followup eligible breast n 137 prostate cancer n 13 survivors randomized imbct careasusual cau waitlist primary outcomes anxiety depression assessed baseline 5 weeks 10 weeks post intervention 6 months results significant effects found anxiety cohens 045 p 017 depressive symptoms 042 p 024 post intervention effects maintained followup anxiety 040 p 029 depressive symptoms 028 p 131 conclusions preliminary findings suggest imbct helpful intervention cancer survivors suffering symptoms anxiety studies efficacy symptoms depression needed