Table 4.
Detailed description of the studies included in the meta-analysis.
| Study | Population | Psychological intervention type | Control group | Intervention format | N (N experimental group; N control group) |
M age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Svensk et al. (2009) | Patients | Art therapy (1 h/a week per 5 weeks, for a total of five sessions) | No intervention | Individual | 41 (20;21) | 59.5 |
| Kalaitzi et al. (2007) | Patients | Psychosexual intervention (one session/2 weeks for 10 weeks, for a total of five sessions) | No intervention | Couple | 40 (20;20) | 51.8 |
| Rahmani et al. (2014) | Patients | Mindfulness-based stress reduction treatment or metacognition group therapy (2 h/a week for 8 weeks, for a total of eight sessions) | No intervention | Groups | 24 (12;12) | 43.25;44.92 |
| Jun et al. (2011) | Survivors | Sexual life reframing program focused on the physical, psychological, and relational aspects of sexual health elements (2 h/a week per 6 weeks, for a total of six sessions) | Usual care | Groups | 45 (22;23) | 45.7 |
| Sebastián et al. (2008) | Patients | Psychosocial intervention program (2 h/a week per 14 weeks, for a total of 14 sessions) | No intervention | Groups | 175 (102;73) | 48 |
| Crane-Okada et al. (2012) | Patients | Cognitive: mindfulness and dance/movement activities (2 h/a week per 12 weeks, for a total of 12 sessions) | No intervention | Groups | 41 (25;16) | 65.6 |
| Sherman et al. (2018) | Patients | Web-based psychological intervention (a single session) | Expressive writing | Groups | 274 (132;142) | 57.5 |