Brief group interventions with breast cancer survivors

INTERVENTION: Subjects of the Reach to Recovery Movement of the Portuguese Cancer League were invited to participate in the study, as well as cancer survivors followed up in Senology Unit of the Hospital of Braga. Pre‐existent groups were randomly allocated to one of three groups: 1. Control group 2. Psychoeducational intervention 3. Cognitive‐behavioral therapy Psychoeducational intervention and cognitive‐behavioral therapy are group interventions, which are weekly structured sessions of 2 hours during 8 weeks. The Portuguese Cancer League of the centre of Portugal has groups in extensions (the main is in the city of Coimbra, but there are also extensions in another cities: Viseu, Castelo Branco, Guarda, Leiria, Covilhã and Aveiro); these are pre‐existent groups that were randomly allocated to the study conditions. The Hospital of Braga also had a pre‐existent group, a sample available to the study, who was also allocated to a study condition. CONDITION: Breast cancer survivors ; Cancer ; Malignant neoplasm of breast PRIMARY OUTCOME: Acceptability and feasibility will be measured: ; 1. Participant uptake of the intervention ; 2. Intervention session attendance ; 3. Rates of participant drop‐out; ; Measured at pre‐test, baseline, post‐test: final intervention, 3 months follow‐up and 6 months follow‐up SECONDARY OUTCOME: 1. Cancer Coping Questionnaire (CCQ); 2. Courtauld Emotional Control Scale (CEC); 3. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS); 4. European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire with the Supplementary Questionnaire Breast Cancer Module (EORTC QLQ ‐ C30 and BR ‐23); 5. Self‐Concept Clinical Inventory (ICAC); 6. Life Orientation Test ‐ Revised (LOT‐R); 7. Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ‐9); 8. Profile of Mood States (POMS); 9. Personal Growth subscale of the Scale of Psychological Well‐Being (EBEP); 10. Sub‐scale of Spirituality ; 11. Inventory of State ‐ Trait anxiety (STAI); ; Measured at baseline, after 8 weeks, 3 months and 6 months INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Over 18 years old 2. Received breast cancer diagnosis and treatment 3. Does not present currently signals of disease