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All participants received identical information and intervention content, but peer-to-peer interactions and facilitation were only available in the group-facilitated arm.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Primary outcomes were rates of recruitment, retention, engagement and acceptability, measured against\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">a priori<\/jats:italic>\n                      criteria. Secondary outcomes were scores on measures of mental wellbeing, sexual wellbeing and quality of life, recorded at baseline, 8 weeks and 6 months.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The recruitment rate was acceptable (n\u2009=\u200953\/73; 72.6%). 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