Problem-Solving Therapy for distressed cancer patients: problems to be solved in a replica randomized controlled trial
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This study reflects on serious methodological problems encountered in a replica RCT, concerning the study of Nezu et al. (2003) on Problem-Solving Therapy (PST) in distressed cancer patients. Although we screened a large sample of patients for distress (n=970), only 3.7% (n=36) was included in the study and randomized into the PSTintervention (n=18) or waitlist control condition (WLC, n=18). Moreover, only half of the intervention condition (n=9) received PST as planned, due to inclusion criteria, drop out and adherence problems. We discuss the original study of Nezu et al. and the feasibility of an RCT PST-intervention for distressed cancer patients in the Dutch healthcare context.
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