Evaluation of counseling intervention with cancer patients

Includes bibliographical references (pages 34-37)The purpose of this study was to design and implement\ud an evaluative method that will examine the effectiveness of\ud short-term individual counseling intervention with cancer\ud patients.\ud The counseling intervention was evaluated vis-a-vis\ud its goals: reducing emotional distress and having clients\ud seek alternative coping responses. Two sources of data were\ud examined to determine the extent to which these goals are\ud achieved: (a) differential scores in mood distress measured\ud by the Profile of Mood State; (b) differential patterns of\ud coping responses measured by fifteen broad types of coping\ud strategies.\ud The results of the implemented evaluative method with\ud cancer patients indicate that a significant reduction in\ud mood disturbance occurred following the intervention, and\ud that patients adapted different coping strategies than the\ud ones used at the onset of the intervention