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Problem Solving Skills Training in Adult Cancer Survivors: Bright IDEAS-AC
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Problem solving Skills Training for Colo-rectal Cancer. Completed, enrolled 50 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The aim of this 2-year study will assess the acceptability and feasibility of offering Problem Solving Skills Therapy (PSST) to cancer survivors and their caregivers focusing on the highest risk patients with distress.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Participants will be encouraged to identify specific problems particularly relevant to them and to their family's situation (instead of providing them with standardized examples) to be discussed and "solved" during the PSST sessions. The eight sessions of PSST will be organized in a systematized, therapeutic manner. Session 1 will be face-to-face and devoted to rapport building and understanding relevant social and medical information. The therapist (RA) will introduce PSST and the Bright IDEAS paradigm, present worksheets to guide PSST homework assignments, and give an overview of subsequent sessions. Starting at session 2, participants will continue training over the phone, with the same general structure and format. In sessions 2-7, the therapist and patient, with a supportive other (SO) if available, will review the patient's identified problems and work on application of problem-solving strategies and skills learned earlier.