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Feasibility and Preliminary Outcomes From a Pilot Study of Coping Skills Training for Adolsecent–Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Their Parents

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	Abstract

Uncertainty is a central feature of long-term childhood cancer survivorship during which time it principally has to do with late effects. Therefore, the purposes of this article are (a) to assess feasibility of a randomized clinical trial of a telephone-delivered coping skills training (CST) intervention in terms of recruitment, retention, and timeline, as well as the performance of the study measures; and (b) to demonstrate trends in change on outcomes within the context of a small pilot study. The results of this pilot study suggest that HEROS PLUS CST has clinical relevance and that in-person long-term follow-up plus telephone-delivered psychosocial care is a practical way to deliver integrated care to adolescent–young adult childhood cancer survivors and their parents.

First published on August 17, 2009
Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing 2009, doi:10.1177/1043454209340325


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