Study characteristics |
Methods |
RCT |
Participants |
26 |
Interventions |
Counselling and journal writing based on stress coping theory (Lazarus) and Social Learning theory (Bandura) |
Outcomes |
Depression and Anxiety Mood Scale, General Self Efficacy Scale, Stress Response Scale |
Theoretical Basis |
CBT |
Cancer Site |
Gastric |
Mode of Delivery |
Face‐to‐face |
Notes |
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Risk of bias |
Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
High risk |
Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Low risk |
Concealed from staff |
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’. |