The Effects of Multi-Psycho-Oncology Care Courses

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Empathy; Psychological; Oncology; Cancer
• Interventions: Other: Psychological support

• Registration Number: NCT05776680
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Brief Summary

When the patient's mood has not yet reached a moderate to high severity level, psychological support is usually provided by the clinical nurses. However, the result of past research showed that the needs of patients and their caregivers were not satisfied with the psychological level. Scholars pointed out that it may be related to factors such as excessive clinical workload or insufficient psychological support and care capacity. In addition, under the influence of COVID-19 in the past two years, medical staff are facing more physical and mental pressure. Oncology nurses have a heavy workload and are affected by the COVID 19 epidemic, which reflects that nurses need psychological support. Therefore, this study intends to reduce stress through remote physical and mental support activities, and use the Internet to intervene in guided relaxation and meditation. Considering the scheduling of clinical nurses, a remote and unstructured course content that does not require continuity will be selected, and then advanced to provide the empathetic care skills of oncology nurses.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-08-22
• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-08
• Study First Posted: 2023-03-20
• Primary Completion: 2023-10-31
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-04
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-06
• Study Completion: 2024-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 280

Inclusion Criteria

• Over 20 years old (inclusive)
• Oncology nurses currently working in clinical practice

Exclusion Criteria

• Those who are unwilling or unable to participate in this course training for a full one- year period.
• Those who have registered for the advanced oncology nursing course organized by the Society in the current year.

Control group

• Inclusion Criteria:
• Over 20 years old (inclusive)
• Oncology nurses currently working in clinical practice
• Those who have registered for the advanced oncology nursing course organized by the Society in the current year
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Those who have participated in multiple oncology psychological care courses, those who are unwilling or unable to participate in the training of distance psychological support courses for a full one-year period.
• Those who participate in the advanced course of oncology nursing are unwilling or unable to participate in the data evaluation of the complete bi-annual time point.
• Those who have participated in this research project.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Psychological Support Course	Psychological support	60-minute once or twice a week for 6 months of Initial Remote Psychological Support Course .

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical and Psychological Symptoms Scale	2 time points: Time 1 (before the psychological support course) ; Time 2 ( 6 months after the psychological support course)	Oncology nurses' physical and psychological state were measured by physical and psychological state survey. It use Numerical Rating Scale(VRS) 0-10. It is a 11 Point Likert Scale (e. g. 0 is no pain; 10 is unbearable pain).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self efficacy scale (GSES)	2 time points: Time 1 (before the psychological support course) ; Time 2 ( 6 months after the psychological support course)	Oncology nurses' self-efficacy were measured by self efficacy scale. There are 10 questions about the level of confidence in these situations. It's a 4 point (1-4),higher the score means the more confident you have. There is also 11 point (0-10) scale that higher the score means the more confident you are in caring for patients.
Efferson Empathy Scale	2 time points: Time 1 (before the psychological support course) ; Time 2 ( 6 months after the psychological support course)	Oncology nurses' empathy were measured by Efferson Empathy Scale. It is a 7 Liker scale(1-7),higher scores means someone have more empathy.
Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Spiritual Well-Being （FACIT-Sp）	2 time points: Time 1 (before the psychological support course) ; Time 2 ( 6 months after the psychological support course)	Oncology nurses' spiritual well-being were measured by FACIT-Sp.It is a 5 Liker scale(0-4),higher scores represent better well-being.
Communication ability scale	2 time points: Time 1 (before the psychological support course) ; Time 2 (6 months after the psychological support course)	Oncology nurses' communication skills were measured by communication ability scale.It is a 5 Liker scale(1-5),higher scores represent better communication skills.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan