| Study characteristics |
| Methods |
RCT |
| Participants |
117 |
| Interventions |
The Attentional Focus and Symptom Management Intervention (AFSMI); cognitive therapy focused on coping |
| Outcomes |
Profile of Mood States (POMS), Symptom Impact Profile (SIP) |
| Theoretical Basis |
CBT |
| Cancer Site |
Breast |
| Mode of Delivery |
Telephone |
| Notes |
Intervention timed to be carried out post‐day surgery |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Low risk |
Random number table |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
High risk |
Open random allocation schedule |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Unclear risk |
Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’. |
| Other bias |
Unclear risk |
Author (PhD student and Principle Investigator) designed and delivered the intervention |
