Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to reduce severe fatigue and impairment in daily life after curative treatment for cancer.

Completed

Conditions: Fatigued cancer survivors.

Registration Number: NL-OMON25553

Brief Summary: 1. Bleijenberg G, Gielissen M, Bazelmans E, Berends T, Verhagen C. Cognitieve gedragstherapie voor vermoeidheid na kanker: een behandelprotocol. TSG 2004; 82: 364-370. <br> 2. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Oct 20;24(30):4882-7. <br>

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 112

Inclusion Criteria

1. Treated for breast cancer, colorectal cancer, testis cancer, ovarian cancer, uterus cancer, Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin disease of bone and soft tissue tumours;

2. Completion of treatment for cancer minimal 1 year and maximal 10 years ago;

Exclusion Criteria

N/A

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessment instruments:<br /><br>The major outcome variables in this study are fatigue severity, impairment in daily life and psychological well-being. Fatigue severity, will be measured using the Checklist Individual Strength (Vercoulen et al., 1994; Vercoulen et al., 1999). SOL has been constructed in order to obtain information about severity and frequency of fatigue and other complaints during a two-week period. The second outcome variable, impairment in daily life, will be assessed with eight subscales of the Sickness Impact Profile (Bergner et al., 1981; Jacobs et al., 1990).<br /> <br><br /><br /><br>Finally, the third outcome variable, psychological well-being, will be measured with the Symptom CheckList (Arindell et al., 1986). A total score of psychological well-being can be obtained as well.<br />

Secondary Outcome Measures