Chatbot-Based Version of a World Health Organization–Validated Intervention for Stress Management in Patients With Breast Cancer (Self-Help Plus): Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility Study

Valentina Fietta   ^{1, 2} , MSc ;   Silvia Rizzi   ² , MSc ;   Lorenzo Gios   ^{2, 3} , PHD ;   Silvana Selmi   ⁴ , MSc ;   Chiara De Luca   ⁵ , MSc ;   Lucia Pederiva   ² , PHD ;   Stefania Poggianella   ² , MSc ;   Maria Chiara Pavesi   ⁵ , MSc ;   Monica Campregher   ⁶ , MSc ;   Silvia Lazzeri   ⁶ , MSc ;   Sara Cantarelli   ⁶ , MSc ;   Marianna Purgato   ⁷ , PHD ;   Corrado Barbui   ⁷ , PHD ;   Nicolò Navarin   ⁸ , PHD ;   Silvia Gabrielli   ² , PHD ;   Merylin Monaro   ¹ , PHD ;   Stefano Forti   ² , PHD ;   Antonella Ferro   ⁶ , MD

¹ Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

² Digital Health Research, Centre for Digital Health & Wellbeing, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy

³ TrentinoSalute4.0 - Competence Center for Digital Health, Province of Trento, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy

⁴ Psychology of Palliative Care, Pediatric Palliative Care, and Pain Management, National Council of the Order of Psychologists (CNOP), Roma, Italy

⁵ Istituto Pavoniano Artigianelli, Trento, Italy

⁶ Breast Unit, Healthcare Trust of the Autonomous Province of Trento (APSS), Trento, Italy

⁷ WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Evaluation, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

⁸ Department of Mathematics Tullio Levi-Civita, University of Padova, Padova, Italy