Efficacy of the cognitive-behavioral online writing therapy Onko-STEP forCancer patients in young adulthood - a randomized controlled trial

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: all tumor entities

Registration Number: DRKS00023574

Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum LeipzigAbteilung für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 172

Inclusion Criteria

Patients aged 18 to 39 years who received a cancer diagnosis (all entities) for the first time in the last 10 years and were not younger than 15 years at the time of diagnosis,
- in stable remission for at least 6 months; primary treatments (surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, stem cell transplantation) must have been completed,
- current anxiety symptoms (cut-off score > 9 in the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale
(GAD-7) and cut-off score = 34 in the short form of the Progressive Anxiety Questionnaire (PA-F-KF).
- Physically, cognitively, and linguistically (adequate written German language skills) able to participate in the intervention and interview,
- Internet access over the period of study participation.

Exclusion Criteria

- Evidence of acute suicidality or psychosis,
- severe alcohol or drug abuse,
- ongoing psychotherapy,
- Changes in any psychopharmacotherapy in the period from 6 weeks prior to the initial diagnosis until the end of therapy or the 10-week observation period.

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) and progression anxiety with Progression anxiety questionnaire (PA-F), measured before, during, and after the intervention, and catamnesis 3 months after the end of the intervention.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depressivität - Patient Health questionnaire (PHQ-9)<br><br>Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale <br>Distress-Thermometer <br><br>Trauma-Screeningquestionnaire (CATS-Kurzversion) <br><br>Questions on life satisfaction (FLZ-M)