Mind Programme for Women With Breast Cancer (Nationwide Coverage)

Mind Programme for Women With Breast Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Programme´s Cost-effectiveness and Efficacy in Changing Psychological and Biological Outcomes (Nationwide Coverage)

The purpose of this research project is to optimize the Mind programme for women with breast cancer, taking into consideration the results from its pilot study, and to testits efficacy and cost-effectiveness through a 3-arm randomized controlled trial

Inclusion criteria:

1. age between 18-70;
2. primary diagnosis of BC (stages between I and III);
3. having a scheduled radiotherapy treatment starting within 2 months, currently undergoing radiotherapy treatment, or having finished radiotherapy treatment no more than 6 months prior, at any hospital in Portugal;
4. able to understand and answer to self-report questionnaires in Portuguese;
5. having access to a computer or tablet with internet.

Exclusion criteria:

1. currently undergoing any form of psychological intervention;
2. current diagnosis of severe psychiatric illness (psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, and personality disorder) or suicidal ideation;
3. diagnosis of neurological disease.