The Emotional Impact of Surveillance for Pancreatic Cancer
- Conditions
- Psychological DistressPancreatic Cancer
- Interventions
- Diagnostic Test: Barratt Simplified Measure of Social Status (BSMSS)Diagnostic Test: Global Assessment of Functioning scale (GAF)Diagnostic Test: General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES)Diagnostic Test: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)Diagnostic Test: Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief COPE),Diagnostic Test: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS)
- Registration Number
- NCT04024345
- Brief Summary
Due to its rarity a population screening program for pancreatic cancer is not possible. For this reason, considering background data on genetic predisposition and familiarity for this lethal tumor, efforts have been pushed to build up surveillance programs for subjects at high-risk of pancreatic cancer, due to familiarity and/or genetic predisposition. These programs are based on radiological examinations (such as MRI or endoultrasonography) and laboratory tests. However, little is known about the psychological burden of these programs. Only a handful of studies investigated, in various ways, how the participation in surveillance programs for pancreatic cancer may burden the psychological status, with a consequent possible impairment of the psychological wellbeing, and a higher risk of withdraw from the surveillance program itself. The aim of this study was to assess the psychological and emotional impact in high-risk individuals participating in a surveillance program for pancreatic cancer due to familiarity and/or to genetic predisposition, using specific psychological tools, such as multiple psychological questionnaires, investigating different functioning areas, administered by a clinical psychologist.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
- Being enrolled in the Institutional surveillance program for pancreatic cancer
- Ability to understand the details and implications of a study protocol.
- None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Psychometric assessment group Barratt Simplified Measure of Social Status (BSMSS) Arms to whom the psychometric assessment will be administered Psychometric assessment group Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) Arms to whom the psychometric assessment will be administered Psychometric assessment group Global Assessment of Functioning scale (GAF) Arms to whom the psychometric assessment will be administered Psychometric assessment group Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) Arms to whom the psychometric assessment will be administered Psychometric assessment group General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) Arms to whom the psychometric assessment will be administered Psychometric assessment group Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief COPE), Arms to whom the psychometric assessment will be administered
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Perceived Stress Scale 2-year Assessment of the perceived stress
Barratt Simplified Measure of Social Status 2-years Evaluation of cultural identity, educational level and occupation of the subject and the subject's parents and spouse (if any)
General Self-Efficacy Scale 2-years Self-report scale correlated to emotion, optimism, work
Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support 2-years to explore the subject's social support system
Global Assessment of Functioning scale 2-years measure overall levels of functionality of an individual
Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced 2-years evaluation of the subject's coping style through investigation of problem-solving abilities and emotional fluctuation, as a response to stressful situations
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University Hospital of Verona
🇮🇹Verona, VR, Italy