Study characteristics |
Methods |
RCT |
Participants |
481 |
Interventions |
Individual psychological support, intensified primary health care (liaison improved and training for nurses and GPs) and nutritional support (dietary assessment and advice) |
Outcomes |
EORTC QLQ‐30, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale HADS |
Theoretical Basis |
CBT |
Cancer Site |
Breast, GI (GI = colorectal or gastric), prostate |
Mode of Delivery |
Face to face and telephone when travel distance was an issue |
Notes |
Nutritional dietary support and liaison with general practice staff (including training for GPs and nurses) also formed part of the intervention |
Risk of bias |
Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Low risk |
Computer generated random allocation |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Unclear risk |
Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’. |
Other bias |
Unclear risk |
Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’. |