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| Quality measure | Author | Type of study |
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| A hypothesis is provided (1 point) | Andersen et al. [31], Andersen et al. [23], Antoni et al. [7], Antoni et al. [32], Aranda et al. [5], Girgis et al. [33], Kravitz et al. [34], Manne et al. [35], Miller et al. [25], Pitceathy et al. [26], Spiegel et al. [36], Walker et al. [37]. | 4 Cognitive behavioral
1 Supportive
3 Group
4 Telephone |
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| A hypothesis is not provided | Andersen et al. [38], Boesen et al. [39], Fukui et al. [40], Kissane et al. [19], Powell et al. [41] Rose et al. [6], Rose et al. [42]. | 3 Supportive
2 Group
2 Telephone |
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| Eligibility criteria are clear (1 point) | Andersen et al. [31], Andersen et al. [38], Andersen et al. [23], Antoni et al. [7], Antoni et al. [32], Boesen et al. [39], Fukui et al. [40], Girgis et al. [33], Kissane et al. [19], Kravitz et al. [34], Manne et al. [35], Rose et al. [6], Rose et al. [42], Spiegel et al. [36], Walker et al. [37]. | 2 Cognitive behavioral
3 Supportive
5 Group
5 Telephone |
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| Eligibility criteria are not clear | Aranda et al. [5], Miller et al. [25], Pitceathy et al. [26], Powell et al. [41]. | 2 Cognitive behavioral
1 Supportive
1 Telephone |
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| The intervention is described with sufficient detail it could be replicated (1 point) | Andersen et al. [31], Andersen et al. [38], Andersen et al. [23], Antoni et al. [7], Antoni et al. [32], Aranda et al. [5], Kissane et al. [19], Kravitz et al. [34], Pitceathy et al. [26], Rose et al. [6], Walker et al. [37]. | 3 Cognitive behavioral
4 Group
4 Telephone |
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| The intervention is not described with sufficient detail to allow for replication | Boesen et al. [39], Fukui et al. [40], Girgis et al. [33], Manne et al. [35], Miller et al. [25], Powell et al. [41], Rose et al. [42], Spiegel et al. [36]. | 1 Cognitive behavioral
4 Supportive
1 Group
2 Telephone |
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| Treatment fidelity is discussed (1 point) | Andersen et al. [38], Antoni et al. [32], Fukui et al. [40], Kissane et al. [19], Kravitz et al. [34], Pitceathy, et al. [26], Spiegel et al. [36], Walker et al. [37]. | 2 Cognitive behavioral
1 Supportive
3 Group
2 Telephone |
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| Treatment fidelity is not addressed | Andersen et al. [31], Andersen et al. [23], Antoni et al. [7], Aranda et al. [5], Boesen et al. [39], Girgis et al. [33], Manne et al. [35], Miller et al. [25], Powell et al. [41], Rose et al. [6], Rose et al. [42]. | 2 Cognitive behavioral
3 Supportive
2 Group
4 Telephone |
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| A power analysis was provided to establish the sample size (1 point) | Andersen et al. [23], Girgis et al. [33], Manne et al. [35], Miller et al. [25], Pitceathy et al. [26], Powell et al. [41], Spiegel et al. [36], Walker et al. [37]. | 2 Cognitive behavioral
2 Supportive
2 Group
2 Telephone |
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| No power analysis was included | Andersen et al. [31], Andersen et al. [38], Antoni et al. [7], Antoni et al. [32], Aranda et al. [5], Boesen et al. [39], Fukui et al. [40], Kissane et al. [19], Kravitz et al. [34], Rose et al. [6], Rose et al. [42]. | 2 Cognitive behavioral
2 Supportive
3 Group
4 Telephone |
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| The method used for randomization and who randomized are described (1 point) | Andersen et al. [23], Aranda et al. [5], Girgis et al. [33], Kissane et al. [19], Kravitz et al. [34], Miller et al. [25], Manne et al. [35], Pitceathy et al. [26], Walker et al. [37]. | 2 Cognitive behavioral
1 Supportive
2 Group
4 Telephone |
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| It is not clear how randomization was done (method and responsible individual) | Andersen et al. [31], Andersen et al. [38], Antoni et al. [7], Antoni et al. [32], Boesen et al. [39], Fukui et al. [40], Powell et al. [41], Rose et al. [6], Rose et al. [42], Spiegel et al. [36]. | 2 Cognitive behavioral
3 Supportive
3 Group
2 Telephone |
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| Blinding was discussed (1 point) | Andersen et al. [31], Fukui et al. [40], Kravitz et al. [34], Pitceathy et al. [26], Walker et al. [37]. | 1 Cognitive behavioral
1 Supportive
1 Group
2 Telephone |
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| Blinding was not discussed | Andersen et al. [38], Andersen et al. [23], Antoni et al. [7], Antoni et al. [32], Aranda et al. [5], Boesen et al. [39], Girgis et al. [33], Kissane et al. [19], Manne et al. [35], Miller et al. [25], Powell et al. [41], Rose et al. [6], Rose et al. [42], Spiegel et al. [36]. | 3 Cognitive behavioral
3 Supportive
4 Group
4 Telephone |
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| Reasons for dropouts are given (1 point) | Antoni et al. [32], Boesen et al. [39], Fukui et al. [40], Girgis et al. [33], Kissane et al. [19], Miller et al. [25], Pitceathy et al. [26], Powell et al. [41], Spiegel et al. [36]. | 3 Cognitive behavioral
3 Supportive
2 Group
1 Telephone |
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| No reasons for dropouts are provided | Andersen et al. [31], Andersen et al. [38], Andersen et al. [23], Antoni et al. [7], Aranda et al. [5], Kravitz et al. [34], Manne et al. [35], Rose et al. [6], Rose et al. [42], Walker et al. [37]. | 1 Cognitive behavioral
3 Group
1 Supportive
5 Telephone |
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| An intent-to-treat analysis was completed (1 point) | Andersen et al. [31], Andersen et al. [23], Antoni et al. [7], Kissane et al. [19], Pitceathy et al. [26], Powell et al. [41], Spiegel et al. [36], Walker et al. [37]. | 2 Cognitive behavioral
1 Supportive
4 Group
1 Telephone |
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| An intent-to-treat analysis is not mentioned | Andersen et al. [38], Antoni et al. [32], Aranda et al. [5], Boesen et al. [39], Fukui et al. [40], Girgis et al. [33], Kravitz et al. [34], Manne et al. [35], Miller et al. [25], Rose et al. [6], Rose et al. [42]. | 2 Cognitive behavioral
3 Supportive
1 Group
5 Telephone |
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| Recruitment dates are specified (1 point) | Andersen et al. [23], Boesen et al. [39], Fukui et al. [40], Kissane et al. [19], Manne et al. [35], Miller et al. [25], Pitceathy et al. [26], Powell et al. [41], Spiegel et al. [36], Walker et al. [37]. | 2 Cognitive behavioral
4 Supportive
3 Group
1 Telephone |
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| Recruitment dates are not specified | Andersen et al. [31], Andersen et al. [38], Antoni et al. [7], Antoni et al. [32], Aranda et al. [5], Girgis et al. [33], Kravitz et al. [34], Rose et al. [6], Rose et al. [42]. | 2 Cognitive behavioral
2 Group
5 Telephone |
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| Study limitations are described (1 point) | Andersen et al. [31], Andersen et al. [38], Antoni et al. [7], Antoni et al. [32], Aranda et al. [5], Boesen et al. [39], Fukui et al. [40], Kissane et al. [19], Girgis et al. [33], Kravitz et al. [34], Manne et al. [35], Miller et al. [25], Pitceathy et al. [26], Powell et al. [41], Rose et al. [6], Rose et al. [42], Spiegel et al. [36], Walker et al. [37]. | 4 Cognitive behavioral
4 Supportive
4 Group
6 Telephone |
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| Study limitations are not described in detail | Andersen et al. [23]. | 1 Group |
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| Significant results were reported | Andersen et al. [31], Andersen et al. [38], Andersen et al. [23], Antoni et al. [7], Antoni et al. [32], Aranda et al. [5], Fukui et al. [40], Girgis et al. [33], Kissane et al. [19], Kravitz et al. [34], Manne et al. [35], Miller et al. [25], Pitceathy et al. [26], Powell, et al. [41]. | 4 Cognitive behavioral
3 Supportive
4 Group
3 Telephone |
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Significant results were not reported.
Note: data collection continues for
Walker [37] and Rose [6]. | Boesen et al. [39], Rose et al. [42], Spiegel et al. [36]. | 1 Supportive
1 Group
1 Telephone |
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| Funding sources are listed (1 point) | Andersen et al. [31], Andersen et al. [38], Andersen et al. [23], Antoni et al. [7], Antoni et al. [32], Aranda et al. [5], Boesen et al. [39], Fukui et al. [40], Kissane et al. [19], Girgis et al. [33], Kravitz et al. [34], Manne et al. [35], Pitceathy et al. [26], Rose et al. [6], Rose et al. [42], Spiegel et al. [36], Walker et al. [37]. | 3 Cognitive behavioral
3 Supportive
5 Group
6 Telephone |
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| A trial registry is mentioned (1 point) | Girgis et al. [33], Kravitz et al. [34] | 2 Telephone |
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| Nurse-delivered treatment. Seven studies included nurses in providing the intervention. | (i) Coled by a nurse, physical therapist, chaplain, or social worker (Miller-CB, [25]) | |
| (ii) One nurse, one social worker (Pitceathly-CB, [26]) | |
| (iii) 3 nurses provided the intervention (Fukui-S, [40]) | |
| (iv) Breast cancer nurses (Aranda-T, [5]) | |
| (v) Masters prepared psychiatric nurses (Rose-T, [6] and S/T, [42]) | |
| (vi) Cancer nurses (Walker-T, [37]) | |
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| Length of study. The length of interventions varied from a single visit to one year. | Miller et al. (CB, [25]), 8 sessions/27 weeks | |
| Pitceathly et al. (CB, [26]), 3 sessions/6 weeks | |
| Antoni et al. (CB, [7, 32]), 2 hour sessions/10 weeks | |
| Boesen et al. (S, [39]), 6, 2 hour sessions/6 weeks | |
| Fukui et al. (S, [40]), interviews at baseline, 1 month, 3 months | |
| Manne et al. (S, [35]), 6 sessions unclear timeframe | |
| Powell et al. (S, [41]), single visit | |
| Andersen et al. (G, [23, 31, 38]), 4 months weekly followed by 8 monthly for 12 months total | |
| Kissane et al. (G, [19]), 1 year | |
| Spiegel et al. (G, [36]), 1 year | |
| Kravitz et al. (T, [34]), 1 session/telephone contact at 2, 6, and 12 weeks. | |
| Aranda et al. (T, [5]), 1 session/1 telephone followup | |
| Rose et al. (T, [6]), 1 session/6 weeks of telephone contact | |
| Rose et al. (S/T, [42]), 2 months | |
| Walker et al. (T, [37]), 8 sessions in 16 weeks and monthly telephone | |
| Girgis et al. (T, [33]), telephone contact every 6 weeks for 6 months | |
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