First journal article published!

We got our first journal article published in Psycho-Oncology. It's my first peer reviewed article, and therefor my first big step into academia success, even though I'm 3rd author (my advisor's first since she actually put in in to the journal, and Aime is 2nd since this exact topic was her master's thesis topic). I will put a copy of the title page after the jump.

 An individual‐based versus group‐based exercise and counselling intervention for improving quality of life in breast cancer survivors. A feasibility and efficacy study
Fiona Naumann, Aime Munro, Eric Martin, Paula Magrani, Jena Buchan, Cathie Smith, Ben Piggott
and Martin Philpott

Abstract
Background: Cancer and its treatments produce lingering side‐effects that undermine the quality
of life (QOL) of survivors. Exercise and psycho‐therapies increase QOL among survivors,
however, research is needed to identify intervention characteristics most associated with such
improvements.
Objective: This research aimed to assess the feasibility of a 9 week individual or group based
exercise and counselling program, and to examine if a group based intervention is as effective at
improving the QOL of breast cancer survivors as an individual-based intervention.
Methods: A three group design was implemented to compare the efficacy of a 9 week individual
(IEC n = 12) and group based exercise and counselling (GEC n = 14) intervention to a usual
care (UsC n = 10) group on QOL of thirty‐six breast cancer survivors.
Results: Across all groups, 90% of participants completed the interventions, with no adverse
effects documented. At the completion of the intervention, there was a significant difference between
groups for change in global QOL across time ( p < 0.023), with IEC improving significantly
more (15.0 points) than the UsC group (1.8 points). The effect size was moderate
(0.70). Although the GEC improved QOL by almost 10.0 points, this increase did not reach significance.
Both increases were above the minimally important difference of 7–8 points.
Conclusion: These preliminary results suggest a combined exercise and psychological
counseling program is both a feasible and acceptable intervention for breast cancer survivors.
Whilst both the individual and group interventions improved QOL above the clinically important
difference, only the individual based intervention was significant when compared to UsC