Personalized versus standard cognitive behavioral therapy for fear of cancer recurrence, depressive symptoms or cancer-related fatigue in cancer survivors: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial (MATCH-study)

Table 4 Treatment modules and maintaining factors per protocol

Protocol	Module	Maintaining factor(s)	Mandatory/Optional
Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR)
	Psycho-education	-	Mandatory
	Values, goals, and actions	-	Mandatory
	Attention training	Self-focused attention	Mandatory
	Detached mindfulness and worry postponement	(1) Worry and rumination (2) Attempts to avoid, suppress, or minimize FCR thoughts (3) Intrusive thoughts or images about cancer recurrence	Optional
	Metacognitions	Unhelpful beliefs about the importance, impact and control of worry	Optional
	Threat-monitoring and avoidance	(1) Frequent self-examination (2) Avoidance behaviors	Optional
	Evaluation and relapse prevention plan	-	Mandatory
Depression
	Psycho-education	-	Mandatory
	Goal setting	-	Mandatory
	Activity monitoring	Behavioral inactivity	Optional
	Activity scheduling
	Behavioral activation
	Identifying dysfunctional thoughts	Dysfunctional cognitions	Optional
	Changing dysfunctional thoughts (part 1)
	Changing dysfunctional thoughts (part 2)
	Relapse prevention	-	Mandatory
Fatigue
	Psycho-education and goal setting	-	Mandatory
	Sleep-wake cycle	Deregulated sleep-wake cycle	Mandatory
	Activity pattern	Deregulation of activity	Mandatory
	Helping cognitions	Dysfunctional cognitions regarding fatigue	Optional
	Fear of cancer recurrence	Fear of cancer recurrence	Optional
	Social interactions	Low social support	Optional
	Coping	Poor coping with cancer and cancer treatment	Optional
	Realizing treatment goals	-	Mandatory

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