Protocol for the psychotherapeutic group intervention for facilitating posttraumatic growth in nonmetastatic breast cancer patients

Table 1 Study measure Notes

	Questionnaires (measures)	Baseline	Intervention	Post-intervention 6 months^a	Follow-up 12 months
Inclusion Criteria	Structured interview	X		X	X
Inclusion Criteria	Demographic and medical data	X
Primary Outcome	Posttraumatic growth (PTGI)	X		X	X
Secondary Outcomes	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PCL-C)	X		X	X
	Stressfulness of the event	X		X	X
	Illness perception (Brief IPQ)	X		X	X
	Challenge to core beliefs (CBI)	X		X	X
	Rumination (ERRI)			X	X
	Distress disclosure (DDI; Opener Scale)	X	X^b	X	X
	Social support (ESSS)	X		X	X
Intervention Effectiveness	Questionnaire for assessment of quality of intervention and therapist		X

Notes: PTGI – Posttraumatic Growth Inventory; PCL-C – Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist – Civilian Version; Brief IPQ - Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire; CBI – Core Beliefs Inventory; ERRI – Event-Related Rumination Inventory; DDI – Distress Disclosure Inventory; ESSS – Social Support Satisfaction Scale.
^aThe second assessment is completed during the eighth session, to the intervention groups.
^bThe distress disclosure measures are applied in second session of the intervention program for the experimental group and in the second assessment, for the control group.

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