Acceptance and commitment therapy versus mindfulness-based stress reduction for newly diagnosed head and neck cancer patients: A randomized controlled trial assessing efficacy for positive psychology, depression, anxiety, and quality of life

Zheng Zhang; Mohammad Farris Iman Leong Bin Abdullah; Nurul Izzah Shari; Ping Lu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0267887

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Acceptance and commitment therapy versus mindfulness-based stress reduction for newly diagnosed head and neck cancer patients: A randomized controlled trial assessing efficacy for positive psychology, depression, anxiety, and quality of life

Zheng Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zheng Zhang, Nurul Izzah Shari, Ping Lu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Health, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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Mohammad Farris Iman Leong Bin Abdullah ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: farris@usm.my

Affiliation Department of Community Health, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7762-4052

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Nurul Izzah Shari ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zheng Zhang, Nurul Izzah Shari, Ping Lu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Human Resource Development and Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
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Ping Lu

Contributed equally to this work with: Zheng Zhang, Nurul Izzah Shari, Ping Lu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oncology, 1st Affiliated Hospital, Xinxiang Medical University, Henan, People’s Republic of China
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Acceptance and commitment therapy versus mindfulness-based stress reduction for newly diagnosed head and neck cancer patients: A randomized controlled trial assessing efficacy for positive psychology, depression, anxiety, and quality of life

Zheng Zhang,
Mohammad Farris Iman Leong Bin Abdullah,
Nurul Izzah Shari,
Ping Lu

Published: May 10, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267887

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