Benefits of an Intervention Combining Hypnosis and Self-care for Prostate Cancer Patients

University of Liege

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prostate Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Self-hypnosis + Self-care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03423927

Hypnosis Prostate Cancer

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to assess the impact of a group intervention combining self-hypnosis and self-care techniques on prostate patients' well-being. More specifically, the investigators want to investigate the effects of that intervention on sleep, fatigue and emotional distress of the patients.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-years-old,
• ability to read, write and speak French
• prostate cancer diagnosis
• treatment with surgery and/or radiotherapy.

Exclusion criteria

• metastases
• cancer recurrence at the moment of inclusion
• major cognitive or psychiatric disorder.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group : hypnosis + self-care

Experimental group

Description:

Groupal intervention combining self-care techniques and self-hypnosis exercises

Treatment:

Behavioral: Self-hypnosis + Self-care

Control group : no intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group receiving usual care but not the intervention