Study Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of telephone-delivered psychosocial interventions in decreasing depression and anxiety in women with breast cancer and their partners. Study Methods: A total of 96 women with breast cancer and their partners were recruited to participate in the study. Two different, but complementary, interventions were implemented using a tele delivery method. The 6 week telephone interpersonal counseling intervention (TIP-C) combined cancer education with interpersonal counseling that targeted the social support behavior of both cancer survivors and their partners. The other 6 week telephone intervention focused on self-managed exercise (EX). Study participants were allocated, based on a lottery-type system, to either one of the two interventions or to a control group that received neither treatment but that got printed information and brief weekly calls (CON). All study participants, including partners, were interviewed before the study began, and then 6 weeks and 10 weeks later. The interviews included scales that measured levels of depression and anxiety. Answer the following question: 1. Why do you think the control group participants received brief weekly phone calls?
Study Purpose:
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of telephone-delivered psychosocial interventions in decreasing depression and anxiety in women with breast cancer and their partners.
Study Methods:
A total of 96 women with breast cancer and their partners were recruited to participate in the study. Two different, but complementary, interventions were implemented using a tele delivery method. The 6 week telephone interpersonal counseling intervention (TIP-C) combined cancer education with interpersonal counseling that targeted the social support behavior of both cancer survivors and their partners. The other 6 week telephone intervention focused on self-managed exercise (EX). Study participants were allocated, based on a lottery-type system, to either one of the two interventions or to a control group that received neither treatment but that got printed information and brief weekly calls (CON). All study participants, including partners, were interviewed before the study began, and then 6 weeks and 10 weeks later. The interviews included scales that measured levels of depression and anxiety.
Answer the following question:
1. Why do you think the control group participants received brief weekly phone calls?
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