The Effect of a Stepped-care Metacognition-based Intervention on Managing Fear of Cancer Recurrence

The key goals of this e-intervention are to: (i) teach strategies for controlling worry and excessive threat monitoring; (ii) modify underlying unhelpful MCQ beliefs about worry; (iii) develop appropriate monitoring and screening behaviours, (iv) encourage acceptance of the uncertainty brought about by a cancer diagnosis, and (v) clarify values and encourage engagement in values-based goal setting.

eHealthMaintenance is not developed specifically to target fear of cancer recurrence through modifying participants' cognitive beliefs. Participants in this arm will receive 6 videos about relaxation, generic dietary and exercise knowledge.

ConquerFear is an intensive version of eConquerFear, which consists of 6 face-to-face therapist-led sessions.

The combination of eConquerFear and eHealthMaintenance interventions, that consists of 10 weekly online modules.