Study characteristics |
Methods |
RCT |
Participants |
239 |
Interventions |
Patient‐led telephone CBT intervention with supplemental audio/video tapes provided |
Outcomes |
MMSE, Uncertainty in illness scale, Cancer knowledge scale, (subscales reported; symptom distress or QOL and problem solving and cognitive restructuring as self‐control scale) |
Theoretical Basis |
CBT |
Cancer Site |
Prostate |
Mode of Delivery |
Combination of telephone and audio/video media |
Notes |
Number of participants in each arm not reported (one arm included family member) also 0.1 significance level used |
Risk of bias |
Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Block randomisation (randomisation process not described) |
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 |
Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’. |