2014 ISRII 7th Scientific Meeting

The focus of this symposium is on online interventions in the field of psycho-oncology. This research was conducted in Australia and Canada and has the potential to inform the more widespread delivery of interventions to persons with cancer and their families. The interventions discussed focus on reducing psychological distress in people with cancer and/or their partners. The efficacy of psychosocial support has been repeatedly reported in the cancer setting. However, access to evidence-based and timely psychosocial support is often limited. Online interventions have the potential to help services disseminate psychosocial support as a supplement to existing face-to-face services. In the first paper, results are presented of a randomised controlled trial of an online intervention for men with prostate cancer (My Road Ahead). In the second paper the focus is transdiagnostic internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for cancer survivors in the re-entry phase. The third paper is on the development of an online intervention (e-TC) to reduce anxiety and depression in survivors of testicular cancer. Finally, a paper is presented concerning the development of an online intervention for partners of men with prostate cancer.

Abstracts: 0068, 0094, 0105, 0121, 0258 

e-TC: Development and Pilot Testing of a Web-Based Intervention to Reduce Anxiety and Depression in Survivors of Testicular Cancer
Louise Heiniger1,2, Phyllis Butow1,2, Ian Olver2,3, Peter Grimison2,4, Allan 'Ben' Smith1,2, Britt Klein5,6, Addie Wootten7,8, Jo Abbott9, Melanie Price1,2, Margaret McJannett1,2, Ben Tran2,7, Martin Stockler2,10, Howard Gurney2,11,  1The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2The Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 3Cancer Council Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 4Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 5Federation University, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 6The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 7Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8Australian Prostate Cancer Research, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 10Concord Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 11Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Wellbeing After Cancer: A Feasibility Trial of a Transdiagnostic Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Program for Cancer Survivors
Nicole Alberts1, Heather Hadjistavropoulos1, Blake Dear2, Nick Titov2,  1Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 2The Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Developing an online psychological support intervention for partners of men with prostate cancer
Addie Wootten1,2, Jo Abbott3, David Austin4, Britt Klein5,6, Anthony Costello2,7, Declan Murphy7,8, Debra Osborne3,  1Australian Prostate Cancer Research, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 3Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 4Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia, 5Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 6The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 7Epworth Prostate Centre, Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 8Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

My Road Ahead: Preliminary RCT results from an Online Psychological Support Program for Men with Prostate Cancer
Addie Wootten1,2, Jo Abbott4, Denny Meyer4, David Austin5, Britt Klein6, Declan Murphy7, Anthony Costello1,3, Katherine Chisholm5, Marita McCabe5,  1Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia, 2Epworth Prostate Centre, Richmond, VIC, Australia, 3Australian Prostate Cancer Research, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 4Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia, 5Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia, 6Federation University, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, 7Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Australia

RESTORE: An online intervention to support self-management of cancer-related fatigue, an exploratory randomised controlled trial
Chole Grimmett1,  1University of Southampton, Southhampton, UK