Feasibility and acceptability of Fear-Less: a stepped-care program to manage fear of cancer recurrence in people with metastatic melanoma Lynch, Fiona A, Katona, Lynda, Jefford, Michael, Ben Smith, Allan, Shaw, Joanne, Dhillon, Haryana M, Ellen, Steve, Phipps-Nelson, Jo, Lai-Kwon, Julia, Milne, Donna, Russell, Lahiru, Dax, Victoria, Diggens, Justine, Kent, Holly, Button-Sloan, Alison, Elliott, Jane, Shackleton, Mark, Burridge, Hayley and Ftanou, Maria 2020, Feasibility and acceptability of Fear-Less: a stepped-care program to manage fear of cancer recurrence in people with metastatic melanoma, Journal of clinical medicine, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 1-16, doi: 10.3390/jcm9092969. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Feasibility and acceptability of Fear-Less: a stepped-care program to manage fear of cancer recurrence in people with metastatic melanoma Author(s) Lynch, Fiona A Katona, Lynda Jefford, Michael Ben Smith, Allan Shaw, Joanne Dhillon, Haryana M Ellen, Steve Phipps-Nelson, Jo Lai-Kwon, Julia Milne, Donna Russell, Lahiru orcid.org/0000-0002-3806-0020 Dax, Victoria Diggens, Justine Kent, Holly Button-Sloan, Alison Elliott, Jane Shackleton, Mark Burridge, Hayley Ftanou, Maria Journal name Journal of clinical medicine Volume number 9 Issue number 9 Article ID 2969 Start page 1 End page 16 Total pages 16 Publisher MDPI AG Place of publication Basel, Switzerland Publication date 2020-09 ISSN 2077-0383 2077-0383 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Medicine, General & Internal General & Internal Medicine fear of cancer recurrence stepped care metastatic melanoma Summary Immunotherapies and targeted therapies have revolutionised treatment of metastatic melanoma and improved survival rates. However, survivors treated with novel therapies are vulnerable to high levels of fear of cancer recurrence or progression (FCR). Existing FCR interventions have rarely been trialled in people with advanced cancer. The current study aimed to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of Fear-Less: a stepped-care model to treat FCR in people with metastatic melanoma treated with immunotherapy or targeted therapy. Sixty-one outpatients with metastatic melanoma were screened using the Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory Short Form (FCRI-SF) and Fear of Progression Questionnaire Short Form (FoP-Q-SF). Survivors with subthreshold FCR were stratified to a self-management intervention while those with clinical levels of FCR were provided with an individual therapy, Conquer Fear. Survivor experience surveys and rescreening were administered post-intervention completion. Results indicated that Fear-Less was an acceptable and feasible FCR intervention. Results provided preliminary support for the potential impact of Fear-Less in reducing FCR. Fear-Less is a promising first step in providing an acceptable and feasible stepped-care model to treat FCR in survivors with metastatic disease. Language eng DOI 10.3390/jcm9092969 Indigenous content off Field of Research 1103 Clinical Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30143231 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open-access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 24 Sep 2020, 15:59:27 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2020, 05:03:00 EST Sat, 09 Jan 2021, 01:39:35 EST Tue, 12 Jan 2021, 05:21:59 EST Mon, 08 Mar 2021, 09:36:30 EST Mon, 08 Mar 2021, 09:38:49 EST Mon, 08 Mar 2021, 14:49:22 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 17 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 24 Sep 2020, 15:59:27 EST

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