A Randomized Pilot Trial of a Videoconference Couples Communication Intervention for Advanced GI Cancer

Overview

Journal Psychooncology

Publisher Wiley

Specialties Oncology
Psychology

Date 2017 Jul 11

PMID 28691761

Citations 34

Authors

Laura S Porter

Francis J Keefe

Donald H Baucom

Maren Olsen

S Yousuf Zafar

Hope Uronis

Affiliations

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Abstract

Objective: This study aims to test the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a couple-based communication intervention for advanced GI cancer delivered via videoconference.

Methods: Thirty-two couples were randomly assigned to either couples communication skills training (CCST) or an education comparison intervention, both delivered via videoconference. Participation was limited to couples who reported communication difficulties at screening. Patients and partners completed measures of relationship functioning and individual functioning at baseline and post-intervention.

Results: Eighty-eight percent of randomized dyads completed all six sessions and reported high levels of satisfaction with the intervention. Between-group effect sizes suggested that the CCST intervention led to improvements in relationship satisfaction for patients and partners and to improvements in intimacy and communication for patients.

Conclusions: A couples-based communication intervention delivered via videoconference is feasible and acceptable in the context of advanced cancer. Preliminary findings suggest that the intervention shows promise in contributing to enhanced relationship functioning. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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