Intimacy-Enhancing Couples' Intervention for Localized Prostate Cancer
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 483
- 试验地点
- 6
- 主要终点
- Psychological Functioning
研究概览
简要总结
RATIONALE: Participating in a therapy program may enhance communication and intimacy between men with prostate cancer and their partners.
PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well therapy enhances communication and intimacy for men with early stage prostate cancer and for their partners.
详细描述
Aim 1 A. To evaluate the impact of an Intimacy-Enhancing Couples' intervention (IEC) versus a General Health and Wellness Intervention (GHW) and a Usual care control (UC) on patient and partner psychological and relationship outcomes.
B. To determine whether relationship length, pre-intervention relationship satisfaction, and men's pre-intervention masculinity moderate the effects of IEC on couples' psychological and relationship outcomes
Aim 2 A. To evaluate whether IEC has an effect on couples' communication and intimacy when compared with GHW and UC and to determine whether changes in relationship communication and intimacy mediate changes in couples' psychological and relationship outcomes.
Exploratory Aim:
A. To evaluate the impact of IEC versus GHW on physical activity and fruit and vegetable intake as well as each partner's support for the other partner's adoption of greater physical activity and more fruit and vegetable intake.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Factorial
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Patient has a primary diagnosis of localized prostate cancer (T1, T2, N=0 M=0, T3 N=0 M=0)
- •Patient had surgery or initiated radiation treatment (brachytherapy or external beam radiation) or began pre-radiation Androgen deprivation therapy within the past 12 months.
- •Patient is currently married or living with a partner, with relationship duration at least 1 year
- •Patient and partner live within a 1 hour commuting distance to recruitment site
- •Patient and partner read and speak English
- •Patient has an Impact of Events Scale (IES) score greater than or equal to 16 and/or partner has an IES score greater than or equal to 17.
排除标准
- •Patient had a previous definitive treatment for prostate cancer
- •Patient has a concurrent diagnosis of another cancer (other than non-melanoma skin cancer)
- •Partner is diagnosed with cancer (other than non-melanoma skin cancer)
- •Patient or partner have a significant hearing impairment
研究组 & 干预措施
General Health and Wellness
Patients and their partners receive a General Health and Wellness intervention focusing on nutrition and physical activity once a week comprising of five 90-minute sessions: Introduction and Nutrition Basics; Nutrition and Prevention of Recurrence; Nutritional Review and Introduction to Relaxation; Physical Activity Basics; Aerobics and Resistance Exercises and Wrap up.
干预措施: nutrition intervention (Other)
Intimacy-Enhancing Couples
Patients and their partners receive communication and intimacy-enhancing intervention (IEC) once a week comprising the following five 90-minute sessions: Orientation and Stories of the Cancer Experience; Communication and Listening to Partner's concerns; Communication and Coping with Cancer Issues as a Team; Being Supportive to Solve Concerns; and Reflecting on Changes and Future Adaptation.
干预措施: communication intervention (Other)
Intimacy-Enhancing Couples
Patients and their partners receive communication and intimacy-enhancing intervention (IEC) once a week comprising the following five 90-minute sessions: Orientation and Stories of the Cancer Experience; Communication and Listening to Partner's concerns; Communication and Coping with Cancer Issues as a Team; Being Supportive to Solve Concerns; and Reflecting on Changes and Future Adaptation.
干预措施: counseling intervention (Other)
Intimacy-Enhancing Couples
Patients and their partners receive communication and intimacy-enhancing intervention (IEC) once a week comprising the following five 90-minute sessions: Orientation and Stories of the Cancer Experience; Communication and Listening to Partner's concerns; Communication and Coping with Cancer Issues as a Team; Being Supportive to Solve Concerns; and Reflecting on Changes and Future Adaptation.
干预措施: questionnaire administration (Other)
General Health and Wellness
Patients and their partners receive a General Health and Wellness intervention focusing on nutrition and physical activity once a week comprising of five 90-minute sessions: Introduction and Nutrition Basics; Nutrition and Prevention of Recurrence; Nutritional Review and Introduction to Relaxation; Physical Activity Basics; Aerobics and Resistance Exercises and Wrap up.
干预措施: questionnaire administration (Other)
General Health and Wellness
Patients and their partners receive a General Health and Wellness intervention focusing on nutrition and physical activity once a week comprising of five 90-minute sessions: Introduction and Nutrition Basics; Nutrition and Prevention of Recurrence; Nutritional Review and Introduction to Relaxation; Physical Activity Basics; Aerobics and Resistance Exercises and Wrap up.
干预措施: counseling intervention (Other)
Usual Care
Patients and their partners receive standard psychological and emotional care (usual care [UC]) (i.e., social work consultations and referral to a psychiatrist or psychologist, if requested or deemed necessary by the attending physician).
干预措施: questionnaire administration (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Psychological Functioning
时间窗: 5 years
General psychological functioning is assessed by the MHI-38 and the PHQ-9. Cancer-Specific distress is assessed by using the Impact of Events Scale Revised Cancer-Specific concerns is assessed with a 10 item assessment of commonly-experienced problems.
Relationship Functioning
时间窗: 5 years
Relationship satisfaction is assessed using the Dyadic Adjustment Scale
次要结局
- Intimacy(5 years)
- Relationship Communication(5 years)
研究者
Sharon Manne, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
