A Self-Regulation Intervention to Improve Psychological Outcomes in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer and Their Caregivers
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The proposed study is a randomised controlled trial that aims to investigate the effectiveness of a psychological intervention at reducing psychological distress, particularly depression and anxiety, in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) and their family caregivers. 100 patients and their caregivers will be randomly assigned to a ‘self-regulation’ intervention or to a control condition (standard-care).
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