Oncofertility-related psycho-educational therapy for young adult patients with breast cancer and their partners: randomized controlled trial.
Tomoe KoizumiYodo SugishitaYuki Suzuki-TakahashiKazuko NaraTomoko MiyagawaMisako NakajimaKouhei SugimotoManabu FutamuraTatsuro FuruiYasushi TakaiHiroshi MatsumotoHideko YamauchiSumito SaekiAkemi KataokaKiyotaka KawaiEisuke FukumaHiroko NogiKoichiro TsugawaNao SuzukiPublished in: Cancer (2023)
A psycho-educational program, the Oncofertility! Psycho-Education and Couple Enrichment (O!PEACE) therapy program was developed and evaluated for women diagnosed with breast cancer and their partners. A multicenter randomized controlled trial showed that the O!PEACE psycho-educational therapy, with only two precancer treatment sessions, can reduce cancer-related posttraumatic stress symptoms and improve oncofertility knowledge and marital relationships in young adult patients with breast cancer. The therapy could also improve stress-coping strategies in marital communications with their partners. Couples may use O!PEACE psycho-educational therapy to consider fertility preservation and improve their psychosocial aspects.
Keyphrases
- randomized controlled trial
- young adults
- healthcare
- quality improvement
- study protocol
- mental health
- systematic review
- stem cells
- physical activity
- depressive symptoms
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- hiv infected
- cross sectional
- double blind
- adipose tissue
- type diabetes
- heat stress
- skeletal muscle
- bone marrow
- insulin resistance