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Purpose
To investigate the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and patient education on depression, anxiety, pain, physical functioning, and quality of life (QOL) in adult cancer survivors
Search Strategy
The study involved searching MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Database for the period 1993–2004.
Literature Evaluated
The literature evaluated included 15 randomized controlled trials (RCTs), five of which measured depression and all of which had been published 1993–2004. Authors assessed quality of the RCTs by means of the Jadad scale.
Sample Characteristics
The sample size was 1,492.
Conclusions
CBT is related to short-term effects on depression; individual interventions were more effective than group interventions. Neither CBT nor patient education produced significant long-term effects on depression.