Finding My Way: A randomised controlled trial of an online self-help coping program for reducing cancer distress.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cancer; Psychological distress; Cancer - Any cancer; Mental Health - Depression; Mental Health - Anxiety

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613000001796
• Lead Sponsor: Flinders University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-01-02
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 188

Inclusion Criteria

1. Cancer being treated with curative intent (e.g., breast, prostate, colorectal, testicular, lymphomas, haematologic or gynaecologic malignancies)
2. Currently receiving active cancer treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy)
3. Age 18 years or over
4. Sufficient English language literacy
5. Access to the internet (home or work)
6. Provide an active email address and phone number

Exclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis of advanced cancer
(While advanced cancer patients will not be targeted for recruitment, this is a population that asks for interventions and may self-refer to the program. Therefore individuals who specifically request to participate will be enrolled, but not included in primary analyses. If a large enough sub-sample self-refers to the program, a sub-analysis will be conducted.)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
egative affect: the total scale score of the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale.[Pre-treatment, post-treatment, then 3 and 6 months after treatment-completion];Traumatic stress: the total scale score of the Post-Traumatic Stress Scale - Self Report. This scale measures cancer-specific distress.[Pre-treatment, post-treatment, then 3 and 6 months after treatment-completion]