Effectiveness of Psycho-Education Intervention Programme on Coping Strategies Among Jordanian Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer: A Randomised Controlled Trial
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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a psycho-education intervention programme in improving the coping strategies of Jordanian breast cancer patients. METHODS: A double-blinded randomised control trial involving 200 participants between the ages of 20 to 65 years old breast cancer patients was performed. Apart from those who refused participation, patients with chronic diseases and extreme baseline depression scores were also excluded. The control group received standard care twice a week from the social welfare services team facilitator compared to the intervention group that received additional psycho-education intervention programme (PEIP). The coping strategies were measured using the Brief-COPE inventory consisting of 28 items. It was administered on the second and 12th week of trial. The primary end point was compared between pre- and post-intervention. The effect of the intervention between groups, time, and covariates was measured using the generalised linear mixed model (GLMM) analysis. RESULTS: The mean (SD) of adaptive coping score among the intervention group increased from 5.63 (1.3) at baseline to 6.42 (1.3) at post-intervention. The mean avoidant coping score was 3.87 (1.1) at baseline but reduced to 3.69 (0.8) post-intervention. GLMM showed that women who received the intervention reported significantly higher usage of the adaptive coping strategies after attending the programme (B=0.921, p <0.001). CONCLUSION: PEIP significantly improved knowledge of breast cancer patients. Thus, this programme may be considered as a part of the healthcare services in Jordan towards improving the adaptive coping strategies among breast cancer patients, which may point towards the potential for these services to increase adaptive coping strategies among patients in Jordan. IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: PEIP may be considered as psychosocial intervention in public health and healthcare setting to address rising concerns on quality of care among breast cancer patients.
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- Authors
- Younis, M., Norsa'adah, B., & Othman, A.
- Affiliations
- Universiti Sains Malaysia (MY)
- Corresponding author
- Younis, Murad
- Venue
- Breast Cancer: Targets and Therapy
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2021-05
- Volume
- Volume 13
- Pages
- 285-297
- ISSN
- 1179-1314 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8123945
- OpenAlex
- W3162484068
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 2
- FWCI
- 0.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Breast Cancer Targets and Therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Dove Medical Press (Taylor and Francis Group) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Women's cancer prevention and management
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Family Support in Illness
- Keywords
- breast cancer, coping strategies, adaptive coping, avoidance coping, psychosocial interventions, women with cancer, Brief COPE, Jordanian women
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