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Abstract
Background: Cancer diagnosis and related treatment represent one of the most distressing and painful events that human beings can meet in their life. This causes a serious crisis in the lives of patients, their families, and those around them. A significant number of cancer patients experience physical, social, emotional, and psychological problems regarding cancer diagnosis. This study aims to evaluate the effect of psychological first aid intervention program on post-traumatic growth among recently diagnosed cancer patients. Study design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized. Setting: The study conducted in the following hospitals at Ismailia city: Suez Canal University Hospitals (oncology outpatient clinics and inpatient oncology departments) and Ismailia Oncology Hospital include (oncology outpatient clinics and inpatient departments). Subject: A sample of 52 recently diagnosed cancer patients (18 male and 34 female). Tools of data collection: Four tools were used: Tool (I) Demographic characteristics and medical background. Tool (II) Impact of Event Scale Revised (IES-R). Tool (III): Connor-Davidson Resilience scale (CD-RISC). Tool (IV): Post-traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI). Results: It was found that, cancer patients had low level of post-traumatic growth in pre-program phase. Regarding post and follow up phases, the results revealed that patients had high level of post-traumatic growth. Additionally, there was negative statistically significant correlation between post-traumatic stress symptoms with post-traumatic growth and psychological resilience in pre, post, and follow up study phases. Furthermore, there was positive statistically significant correlation between post-traumatic growth and psychological resilience in pre, post, and follow up study phases. Conclusion: Psychological first aid intervention program had significant effect on reduction of post-traumatic stress symptoms and improvement of psychological resilience and post-traumatic growth of cancer patients in post, and follow up study phases compared with pre-program phase. Recommendation: Psychological first aid based interventions can be combined with care programs of hospitals and daily clinical works as a complementary intervention.