The effect of a Communication Program on the Psychological Distress of Elderly Cancer Patients

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• Conditions: Psychological Distress.; Mental disorder, not otherwise specified; F99-F99

• Registration Number: IRCT2016010725897N1
• Lead Sponsor: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

Seniors aged 60 years or older with cancer (Types of Cancer); The definitive diagnosis of cancer by medical oncologist & Life expectancy of at least six months (According to serfaty et al. 2012); Patients are aware of their cancer diagnosis; Patients have the ability to talk and communicate verbally; Willingness to participate in the study and randomly placed in groups; Previous participate in the meetings of up to six months before other treatments (Like therapy, spiritual therapy, relationship therapy, etc.) (According to serfaty et al. 2012); Lack of diseases other than cancer such as acute febrile or chronic physical disorders specialist physician and medical records. (Like the flu, debilitating diseases, cardiovascular, endocrine, respiratory, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney); Lack of mental disease or mental illness who have specialist physician and the patient is inserted; The absence of distress-causing accident, according to the patient in the last six months (Such as the recent death of a loved one such as a spouse or close friend, the loss of everything that is valuable for the individual, divorce, incurable diseases, loss of limb, loss of jobs, relocated to a new city, bankruptcy financial debt severe, imprisonment, disputes and persistent inconsistency with wife); Lack of addiction to narcotics and psychotropic substances, according to the patient and medical records
Exclusion criteria: Not wanting to continue cooperation in research; The use of other types of communication programs while studying; Inability to attend meetings regularly so that communication meetings have missed two or more consecutive meetings; Elderly death during the study

Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Psychological Distress. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention. Method of measurement: Kessler Psychological Distress Scale.