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 |