2.6. Outcome measures and instruments
Anxiety, cancer, depression, Depression, Cancer
CANCER, RECRUITMENT, CANCER
The recruitment rate, eligibility, consent rate, refusal rate, reasons for refusal, and attrition rate were recorded to assess the feasibility. Individual face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten participants in the intervention group to review the acceptability of the intervention. The interview lasted 20 to 30 minutes which covered four questions:Could you describe your experience after three weeks of practising the intervention?How did you feel after practising?Could you give me some comments or suggestions about the program?Would you want to keep practising the intervention in the future?Participants’ demographic characteristic was collected using a demographic sheet which included age, marital status, education level, employment, family income, stage of cancer, frequency of chemotherapy, and treatment regimen.Anxiety, depression and stress were measured using the short form of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) [The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–General (FACT-G) was a 27-item self-report measure used to assess QoL in cancer patients, with Cronbach’s alpha for the scale being 0.89 [