Feasibility and preliminary effects of a coping-focused dyadic family resilience intervention for breast cancer patients and their family caregivers: a pilot study
Jie Gao, Qin Shen, Pei Sun, Xiao Zhang, Hui-Ping Li, Chun-Ping Ni · 2026
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Jie Gao and co-authors pilot a family support programme for breast cancer in a 2026 trial with Chinese patients and their carers. Illness strains the whole household, not only the patient. The programme worked with patient and carer together over six sessions, aiming to build family resilience, meaning the shared ability to cope and adapt.
Sixty pairs were assigned at random to the programme plus usual care or to usual care alone. Family resilience scores rose much more in the programme group one week after the sessions, for patients and carers alike. Gains were still present three months later, alongside better coping and lower family burden. Recruitment, attendance and satisfaction were all high, which the authors take as a green light for a larger trial.
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| CREATOR | Jie Gao, Qin Shen, Pei Sun, Xiao Zhang, Hui-Ping Li, Chun-Ping Ni |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 67 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |