A Psycho-educational Intervention for Symptom Cluster Management

Hanoi Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Oncology; Cancer

Treatments: Other: Psycho-educational intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03332199

1600000809

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to develop, implement and undertake a preliminary evaluation of a psychoeducational intervention for managing a cancer-related symptom cluster including pain, fatigue and sleep disturbance experienced by Vietnamese cancer patients.

Enrollment: 102 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Are diagnosed with any type of cancer
• Are over 18 years of age
• Have finished the second chemotherapy cycle
• Expected prognosis of at least 12 months
• Karnofsky level of ≥ 60/100.
• Report three symptoms: fatigue, pain and sleep disturbance at severity level of equal or above 3 during the past 7 days.
• Ability to communicate in Vietnamese

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to complete questionnaires or participate in the intervention due to literacy level or communication impairment.
• Have been diagnosed with major psychiatric morbidity such as suicidal tendencies or schizophrenia.

Involved in other clinical trials

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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102 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the control group received standard treatment from oncologists and nurses at Hanoi Medical University Hospital.

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

In addition to standard care provided by oncologists and nurses at Hanoi Medical University Hospital as described above, participants assigned to the intervention group received the psychoeducational intervention delivered by the nurse researcher.

Treatment:

Other: Psycho-educational intervention