Enhancing Coping Skills in Patients With Cancer - a Randomized Controlled Study

McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre1 site in 1 country1 target enrollmentJune 2011

ConditionsCancer

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Cancer
Sponsor: McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Enrollment: 1
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Change in The Health Education Impact Questionnaire from pre to post intervention, at 6 weeks post intervention, and 3 months post intervention
Status: Terminated
Last Updated: 13 years ago

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.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

June 2011

End Date

August 2012

Last Updated

13 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Sponsor

McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Dr. Annett Korner, PhD

Associate Member, Psychosocial Oncology Program

McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

•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.

•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.

Change in The Health Education Impact Questionnaire from pre to post intervention, at 6 weeks post intervention, and 3 months post intervention

Time Frame: pre-intervention (week 0), post intervention (week 6), 6 weeks post intervention, 3 months post intervention

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)