Randomized controlled trial of an 8-week intervention combining self-care and hypnosis for post-treatment cancer patients: study protocol

Table 1 Patients’ measures used in the study

T0 Screening	T1, T2 and T3 Measurement points	T4 Measurement point
Questionnaires:	Session 1	Questionnaires:
- ESAS (only 6 items)	Questionnaires - General information - VAS (psychological state) - ESAS (complete version) - HADS - PSWQ - FCRI - MAC - WBSI - MFI-20 - CERQ - ICQ - ISI	- MFI-20 - HADS - ESAS (complete version) - FCRI - Long-term benefits of the intervention
	Tasks
	- Self-relaxation task + Questionnaire about relaxation strategies - Guided relaxation task + Questionnaire about relaxation habits
	Between session 1 and session 2 (during 9 days) - Smartphone application (RealLifeExp) to collect information about daily emotional regulation. - Actigraph to measure sleep, activity and heart rate.
	Session 2
	Questionnaires
	- VAS (motivation and implication) - Attentional bias task - FACT-Cog - FFMQ - MCQ-30 - PTGI - Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale - CICS - DCI - Expected/perceived benefits from the intervention

Abbreviations: VAS Visual Analogue Scales, ESAS Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, PSWQ Penn State Worry Questionnaire, FCRI Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory, MAC Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale, WBSI White Bear Suppression Inventory, MFI-20 Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory, CERQ Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, ICQ Impact of Cancer Questionnaire, ISI Insomnia Severity Index, FACT-Cog Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Cognitive Function, FFMQ Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire, MCQ-30 Metacognition Questionnaire, PTGI Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory, CICS Couples’ Illness Communication Scale, DCI, Dyadic Coping Inventory

ISSN: 1471-2407