The Effect of Interpersonal Relationships Psychotherapy on Breast Cancer Patients

The Effect of Interpersonal Relationships Psychotherapy on Depression, Emotion Regulation and Social Support Levels in Breast Cancer Patients With Depression Risk: A Randomized Controlled Study

This study is planned to examine the effect of Interpersonal Relationship Psychotherapy on depression, interpersonal emotion regulation and multidimensional perceived social support levels of breast cancer patients with depression risk.

There are not enough studies showing the effect of IPT, which is an evidence-based psychotherapy that works on problem areas such as role change that may occur with the disease and provides support for recognizing and using social support mechanisms, on cancer patients. This study is thought to make a significant contribution to the literature, especially in terms of making family support, which has an important place in social support systems, available to patients, intervening in interpersonal emotion regulation problems that may occur in patients and affecting depression levels.

Includes Criteria

• Ability to communicate in Turkish
• Diagnosed with Stage-II and Stage-III breast cancer
• Continuing outpatient treatment
• Four points on the Primary Care Depression Screening Scale
• Internet connection
• Has a phone that can use the zoom app to continue conversations to be
• To be able to use the Zoom app

Exclusion Criteria

• Being a pediatric oncology/hematology patient
• Diagnosed with stage -IV breast cancer
• Taking psychopharmacological medication
• To have received KIPT within the last year