Table 4.
Outcomes reported.
| Interpersonal Psychotherapy | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | Sample size n | Control Condition | Schedule | Outcomes | Measures | Key Results | |
| Within-Group Comparison | Between-Groups Comparison | ||||||
| Blanco et al. (2019) | 46 | (a) Brief Supportive Psychotherapy (b) Problem Solving Therapy |
T0: baseline T1: week 12 | Stress | Not assessed | – | – |
| Depression | 17-Item Hamilton Depression Scale | Depression: effect size d = 1.07 response rate 35% (improvement of ≥50%) remission rate 25% (score ≤ 8) | No significant group × time interaction | ||||
| Anxiety | Not assessed | – | – | ||||
| Belay et al. (2022) | 57 | Treatment as Usual | T0: baseline T1: week 8–10 | Stress | Not assessed | – | – |
| Depression | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Measurement Scale | Significant improvement (p < 0.001) | Significant group x time interaction with greater improvement in the intervention group than in the control group (p < 0.001) | ||||
| Anxiety | Significant improvement (p < 0.001) | ||||||
| Interpersonal Counselling | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | Sample Size n | Control Condition | Schedule | Outcomes | Measures | Key Results | |
| Within-Group Comparison | Between-Groups Comparison | ||||||
| Badger et al. (2005a) | 24 | Attention control: weekly calls (8 min, no counselling) | T0: baseline T1: week 6 T2: week 10 |
Stress | 25-Item Index of Clinical Stress | Significant improvement over time (p = 0.05) | No significant group × time interaction |
| Depression | 20-item Center for Epidemiological Studies—Depression Scale | No significant main effect for time (p = 0.19) | No significant group x time interaction | ||||
| Anxiety | Not assessed | – | – | ||||
| Badger et al. (2007) | 38 | (a) self-managed exercise protocol and weekly phone calls (10 min); (b) attention Control: written cancer education and weekly phone calls (7 min, no counselling or exercise protocol) | T0: baseline T1: week 6 T2: week 10 |
Stress | Not assessed | ||
| Depression | 20-item Center for Epidemiological Studies—Depression Scale | No significant main effect for time (p = 0.08) | No significant group x time interaction | ||||
| Anxiety | Composite score on 1–10 scale of 4 items of the PANAS, one item from SF-12 and 3 items from Index of Clinial Stress | Significant improvement over time (p < 0.001) | Significant group x time interaction (p = 0.01) with greater improvement in TIP-C and exercise group than in attention control group from T0 to T1, but not T1 to T2 | ||||
| Badger et al. (2011) | 36 | Telephone Health Education | T0: baseline T1: week 8 T2: week 16 |
Stress | 10-item Perceived Stress Scale | No significant main effect for time | Significant group x time interaction with greater improvement in the control group than in the intervention group (p < 0.001) |
| Depression | 20-item Center for Epidemiological Studies—Depression Scale | No significant main effect for time | Significant group x time interaction with greater improvement in the control group than in the intervention group (p < 0.001) | ||||
| Anxiety | Not assessed | – | – | ||||
| Badger et al. (2013a) | 40 | Telephone Health Education | T0: baseline T1: week 8 T2: week 16 |
Stress | 10-item Perceived Stress Scale | Significant improvement over time (p < 0.001, η2 = 0.37) | No significant effect for group × time |
| Depression | 20-item Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression Scale | Significant improvement over time (p < 0.001, effect size η2 = 0.3) | No significant effect for group × time | ||||
| Anxiety | 20-item State–Trait Anxiety Inventory | Significant improvement over time (p < 0.01 η2 = 0.18) | No significant effect for group × time | ||||
| Badger et al. (2013b) | 33 | Telephone Health Education | T0: baseline T1: week 8 T2: week 16 |
Stress | Not assessed | – | – |
| Depression | 20-item Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression Scale | Significant decrease in symptoms for all groups (p < 0.001) | No significant group x time interaction | ||||
| Anxiety | Not assessed | – | – | ||||
| Badger et al. (2020) | 116 | Telephone Health Education | T0: baseline T1: week 8 T2: week 16 T3: week 24 |
Stress | 10-item Perceived Stress Scale | No significant main effect for time | No significant group x time interaction |
| Depression | Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System | Significant improvement (p = 0.04) at T1, but not at T2 and T3 | Significant group x time interaction at T1 (p = 0.04) with greater improvement in TIP-C group than in control group | ||||
| Anxiety | No significant main effect for time | No significant group x time interaction | |||||