Thesis Database

Year: 2006 - 2007 2nd term

Programme: MSSc

Supervisor: Winne Wing Sze Mak

Student name: Wing Mei Law

Thesis title:

Presurgical Intervention for Patients with Colorectal Cancer: A Pilot Study of a Theory-Driven Cognitive Technique

Keywords: Presurgical Intervention, Preoperative Intervention, Colorectal Cancer, Cognitive Therapy, Surgery

Participants: 20 patients with impending surgery for colorectal cancer in a local hospital

Measures: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Cognitive Appraisal Score, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal

Measures abr: STAI, CAS, FACT-C