Impact of Coping Skills Training on the Quality of Life Among the Daughters of Mothers with Breast Cancer.

The study was not randomised; one hospital served as the education group and the other as the control group. Follow-up was short, and the authors say long-term effects were not examined. The mother's own quality of life and psychological functioning were not measured. The findings cannot be generalized to fathers with breast cancer or male adolescents. Physical functioning did not show a significant between-group difference after the intervention. The education group received many components at once, so the effect of coping-skills training alone cannot be identified.

Do not conclude that coping skills training alone caused the quality of life gains. The education group received four sessions, a workshop, simulation, lectures, PowerPoint slides, small group discussion, question and answer, interactive discussions, practice with moulage, an educational film, practical performance, a booklet, breast self-exam teaching, and weekly follow-up by telephone and social networks, so the contribution of any single component cannot be separated.