Feasibility Study Assessing Content and Delivery of the YATAC Programme
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 35
- 试验地点
- 3
- 主要终点
- Quantitative data
研究概览
简要总结
Between 2019 and 2023, the Young Adult Taking Action (YATAC) program was developed to support young adults recovering from cancer. The program is based on three key studies:
- A review of previous programs designed to help young adult cancer survivors.
- A study where young adults, their families and friends, and healthcare professionals shared what kind of support young people need to return to everyday life.
- A collaborative process where young adults, professionals, and researchers worked together to design the program's content and how it should be delivered.
YATAC is specifically designed for young adults and includes different areas of support, such as setting goals, managing daily life, staying active, coping with psychological challenges, navigating education and work, understanding rights and finances, relationships and sexuality, family and friends, and peer-to-peer support.
The first phase of the project was funded by the Danish Cancer Society, the Region of Southern Denmark, the University of Southern Denmark, and REHPA, the Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care.
One of the study in the second phase includes:
Study 1: A feasibility study to see if young adults find the program relevant and helpful, and whether they are able to participate. A total of 40 young adults will try the program at the Center for Cancer and Health in Copenhagen. The findings will help refine the program so it can be adapted to local healthcare services.
The results from these studies will provide valuable insights into how to better support young adult cancer survivors and reduce the long-term challenges they face. The program is expected to improve their quality of life while also helping to reduce healthcare costs and social inequality.
详细描述
Young adult cancer survivors aged 18-39 experience extensive age-specific late effects after cancer treatment affecting their everyday life; yet, they are not receiving rehabilitation after ending treatment, leading to reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
In 2019, the 'Young Adult Taking Action' (YATAC) programme was established to develop a rehabilitation programme supporting young adult cancer survivors in taking control over their everyday life and increasing their HRQoL. The programme is a person-centred, goal-oriented, interdisciplinary and peer-based intervention. It is delivered over 16 weeks, primarily as a group-based intervention and consists of the following components:
- Needs assessment and goal setting
- Everyday life
- Physical activity
- Mental health
- Education and work
- Sexuality and relationship
- Family and friends
The overall perspectives are to improve quality of life, self-efficacy, functioning and reduce cancer and treatment-related late effects in young adult cancer survivors.
The programme has undergone a development process and is now ready to be tested to prepare national scalability.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 39 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Included participants will be between 18-39 years old with any cancer diagnosis,
- •Undergoing or having undergone curative intended cancer treatment
- •Reporting a rehabilitation need
- •Speaking and understanding the Danish language
- •Living in the Municipality of Copenhagen
排除标准
- •Young people aged 18-39 who were diagnosed with cancer before the age of 18.
研究组 & 干预措施
YATAC
The programme draws on a person-centered approach and is designed to enhance the constructs of social cognitive theory, with an emphasis on self-efficacy .The programme comprises seven components, with several sessions providing knowledge, strategies, and practical exercises. The intervention starts with one mandatory component: 1) needs assessment and goal setting. These inform which, when, and how many sessions within the following components the participants will receive:
2. Everyday life 3. Physical activity 4. Psychological issues 5. Education and work 6. Sexuality and relationship 7. Family and friends
The programme is delivered over 16 weeks, primarily as a group-based intervention. The components last 30-120 minutes and are provided by an interdisciplinary team at rehabilitation centers.
干预措施: YATAC (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Quantitative data
时间窗: Qualitative will be collected during the 16 weeks of intervention, including baseline (T1), session delivery (T2), and the end of the 16 weeks (T3).
Quantitative data from professionals delivering the programme: Paper-based forms will collect data about fidelity, dose, and the programme's overall value. Quantitative data from participants: They will report their perceived value of each session, the degree to which they could participate in each session, the overall value of the programme regarding improvement in everyday life and self-efficacy, and the degree to which they have adopted the content from the sessions into their everyday lives. Furthermore, the investigators will also evaluate the value of using peer-to-peer support.
次要结局
- Qualitative data(End at 16 weeks)
研究者
Marc Sampedro Pilegaard
Senior Researcher and Associate Professor
Defactum, Central Denmark Region