Peer Support Program in cáncer Patients Elkar Laguntza
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 120
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Cytokine levels of IL-6 and TNF-a
研究概览
简要总结
In cancer patients, social support provided by partners, family and/or friends plays a key role in coping with the disease and reducing treatment-related distress. However, research indicates that some of the needs of patients, such as coping with the disease, reducing isolation or managing guilt, often go unmet. With the aim of trying to meet these types of needs of people with cancer, the present research will evaluate the effectiveness of a peer support program in cancer patients, based on the support provided or exchanged by people who have faced similar challenges or problems. The intervention will consist of 8 face-to-face sessions of social peer support, involving a cancer patient and a volunteer who is in a stable phase and who has undergone the same diagnosis and medical treatment. To evaluate the effectiveness of the social support program, the immediate and long-term effect of participation in the program on both psychological (anxious-depressive symptoms, quality of life, perception of the disease, coping strategies, perception of social support,...) and biological (endocrine and immune system) variables will be analyzed.
详细描述
The general aim of the present research will be to evaluate the effectiveness of a peer social support intervention in cancer patients at the Onkologikoa Foundation of Guipuzcoa. Specifically, the immediate and long-term effect that such intervention will have on symptoms of psychological distress, quality of life, coping strategy, perception of social support, perception of the disease and emotional regulation will be evaluated. As a secondary aim of this study, we intend to evaluate the immediate and long-term effect of the peer social support intervention on the immune system (through the determination of the levels of cytokines IL-1β, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IFN-γ and TNF-α), on the monoaminergic system (through the determination of plasma levels of serotonin, tyrosine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, quinurenine, quinurenic acid and 3-HK), on the HPA axis (through the measurement of the diurnal cycle of cortisol), and on sex hormones (through the measurement of estradiol and testosterone levels), systems that have been related both to the development of anxious-depressive symptoms and to the development, progression and recurrence of cancer.
In addition, it will be studied at what time the application of the program is most effective, being applied in newly diagnosed patients (experimental group 1) and in patients who have just finished medical treatment (experimental group 2).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- — 至 70 Years（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •having received the diagnosis of cancer in the last month; not having started medical treatment; the tumor type and medical treatment coinciding with any of the volunteers.
排除标准
- •relapse; suffering or having suffered from a severe mental disorder (according to DSM-V criteria).
结局指标
主要结局
Cytokine levels of IL-6 and TNF-a
时间窗: one year after treatment completion
Cytokines are a broad and loose category of small proteins (\~5-20 kDa) important in cell signaling. Cytokines have been related with anxiety and depression symptoms
illness perception scale
时间窗: one year after treatment completion
The Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ) is a widely used multifactorial pencil-and-paper questionnaire which assesses the five cognitive and emotional illness representations and comprehensibility. Five of the items assess cognitive illness representations: consequences (Item 1), timeline (Item 2), personal control (Item 3), treatment control (Item 4), and identity (Item 5). Two of the items assess emotional representations: concern (Item 6) and emotions (Item 8). One item assesses illness comprehensibility (Item 7). Higher scores indicate greater levels of illness perception
Cortisol levels
时间窗: one year after treatment completion
Cortisol is a hormone that is mainly released at times of stress
Coping scale COPE28
时间窗: one year after treatment completion
The COPE inventory was created by Carver (1989). It is a multi-dimensional inventory developed to asses the different coping strategies people use in response to stress. Self-distraction, items 1 and 19 Active coping, items 2 and 7 Denial, items 3 and 8 Substance use, items 4 and 11 Use of emotional support, items 5 and 15 Use of instrumental support, items 10 and 23 Behavioral disengagement, items 6 and 16 Venting, items 9 and 21 Positive reframing, items 12 and 17 Planning, items 14 and 25 Humor, items 18 and 28 Acceptance, items 20 and 24 Religion, items 22 and 27 Self-blame, items 13 and 26. Range: 2-8. Higher scores indicate greater levels of coping
emotional inteligence scale TMMS
时间窗: one year after treatment completion
The Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS; Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey, \& Palfai, 1995) is a well-established measure of perceived emotional intelligence, an aspect of emotional intelligence that includes people's beliefs and attitudes about their own emotional experience. The TMMS-24 contains three key dimensions of emotional intelligence with 8 items each: Emotional Attention, Emotional Clarity and Emotional Repair. The score ranges from 7 to 56. Higher values indicate higher emotional intelligence
Psychological distress scale HADS
时间窗: one year after treatment completion
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale ( HADS) was originally developed by Zigmond and Snaith (1983) and is commonly used by doctors to determine the levels of anxiety and depression that a person is experiencing. The total score is out of 42, (21 per anxiety and 21 per depression). Higher scores indicate greater levels of anxiety or depression.
Resilience scale
时间窗: one year after treatment completion
The Resilience Scale (RS) was developed to evaluate the levels of resilience in the general population. The items are rated on a 7-point scale ranging 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree), with a score ranging 14 to 98. Higher scores indicate greater levels of resilience
Monoamines levels
时间窗: one year after treatment completion
Monoamines refer to the particular neurotransmitters dopamine, noradrenaline and serotonin. These neurotransmitters are involved in different psychopathologies.
Social support perception scale MOS-SSS
时间窗: one year after treatment completion
The Social Support Scale (MOS-SSS) aims to assess the extent to which the person has the support of others to face stressful situations. 19 items with answer categories that range on a 7-point rating scale. Higher scores indicate greater levels of social support perception
Quality of life scale SF-12
时间窗: one year after treatment completion
The SF-12 is a self-reported outcome measure assessing the impact of health on an individual's everyday life. It consists of physical and mental component scores (PCS/MCS), ranging from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate greater quality of life.
Estradiol levels
时间窗: one year after treatment completion
Sexual hormones as estradiol play an important role in mammary carcino- genesis, being able to induce carcinogenic initiation, promotion and progression
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Joana Perez Tejada
Psychology researcher
Onkologikoa