The Effect of Group Art Therapy on Physical and Psychological Symptoms of Breast Cancer Survivors Receiving Hormonal Therapy

Rabin Medical Center1 site in 1 country20 target enrollmentDecember 2016

ConditionsBreast Cancer

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Breast Cancer
Sponsor: Rabin Medical Center
Enrollment: 20
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Quality of Life: The FACT-B (Hahn et al, 2015)
Last Updated: 9 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Art Therapy is a health profession in which art making is utilized as a means of expression and communication within a therapeutic and supportive relationship [1]. Art therapy has been shown to reduce psychological (anxiety, negative mood) and physical (pain, fatigue) symptoms which accompany many breast cancer patients and survivors [2-7]. Qualitative studies provide an initial understanding of the mechanisms through which art therapy facilitates symptom reduction [8]. Breast cancer patients have reported that art therapy provided them with access to emotional material otherwise inaccessible [9]. The goal of this study is to examine the effect of art making within a therapeutic framework on emotional awareness and acceptance.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

December 2016

End Date

June 2017

Last Updated

9 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Single Group

Sex

Female

Investigators

Sponsor

Rabin Medical Center

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Adult women (over age 18), breast cancer survivors without evidence of active illness, hebrew speaking and receiving preventative hormonal therapy for at least 6 months (steady state), receiving care at the survivor's clinic of Davidoff Medical Center

Exclusion Criteria

•A psychiatric diagnosis requiring medication, functional difficulties that affect the ability to handle art supplies, non-hebrew speaking, unwilling to answer the research questionnaires

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Quality of Life: The FACT-B (Hahn et al, 2015)

Time Frame: Change from study start to end of intervention (8 weeks)

36 item scale

Secondary Outcomes

The levels of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS; Lane et al, 1990)(Change from study start to end of intervention (8 weeks))
Acceptance of Emotion Scale (AE; Weihs et al, 2008)(Change from study start to end of intervention (8 weeks))
Emotional Approach Coping scales (Stanton et al., 2000)(Change from study start to end of intervention (8 weeks))
The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)(Carlson & Brown, 2005).(Change from study start to end of intervention (8 weeks))
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) (Cohen, 1997)(Change from study start to end of intervention (8 weeks))
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) (Spitzer, Kroenke, Williams, & Löwe, 2006)(Change from study start to end of intervention (8 weeks))
The Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (BCPT) Symptom Scales (Stanton et al., 2005)(Change from study start to end of intervention (8 weeks))