Enhancing Coping Skills in Patients With Cancer

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Cancer
• Interventions: Other: Self administered coping intervention

• Registration Number: NCT01359072
• Lead Sponsor: McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Brief Summary

* Approximately 30% of all patients with cancer report levels of psychological distress indicative of the need for psychological intervention.

* Research suggests that learning more adaptive coping strategies improves psychological adjustment to cancer.

* It is imperative to develop cost-efficient, feasible psychosocial interventions.

* The aim is to test the efficacy of the self administered format of a psycho-educational intervention (NUCARE) in reducing distress and enhancing adaptive coping strategies for cancer patients.

It is hypothesized that:

* patients would show significant reductions in distress (i.e., depression and anxiety) over the 6-week treatment period, and that treatment would produce superior results compared to wait-list; patients would maintain or even increase their improvement up to 3 months following treatment.

* the treatment would enhance more adaptive coping strategies.

* greater self-reported adherence to the treatment/homework would be associated with symptom improvement, more autonomous self-regulation and higher perceived competence for adhering to the coping intervention program.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2011-05-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-05-20
• Study First Posted: 2011-05-24
• Study Start: 2011-06
• Status Verified: 2012-08
• Primary Completion: 2012-08
• Study Completion: 2012-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-08-21
• Last Update Posted: 2012-08-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1

Inclusion Criteria

• 18+ years of age,
• able to read English,
• a cancer patient presenting at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) interested in participating,
• willing to receive minimal therapist contact (by telephone) and self administered therapy,
• able to give their own consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• currently receiving psychological/psychiatric treatment/counselling,
• indicate at the time of recruitment that they intend to seek psychological treatment elsewhere during the study period,
• a history of psychosis or bipolar disorder,
• substance abuse/dependence in last 6 months,
• taking psychotropic medication with altering dosages in the past 3 months.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Immediate Intervention Treatment	Self administered coping intervention	-
Wait list	Self administered coping intervention	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in The Health Education Impact Questionnaire from pre to post intervention, at 6 weeks post intervention, and 3 months post intervention	pre-intervention (week 0), post intervention (week 6), 6 weeks post intervention, 3 months post intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in coping strategies & distress from pre to post intervention, at 6 weeks post intervention, and 3 months post intervention	pre-intervention (week 0), post intervention (week 6), 6 week post intervention, 3 month post intervention	Measured with The Ways of Coping Questionnaire - Cancer Version scale and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

McGill University Health Centre - Melanoma Clinic & Cedars CanSupport; 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada