Cannabis and Cancer, an Online Training for Oncology Nurses

Ciusss de L'Est de l'Île de Montréal

Status: Completed

Conditions: Oncology Pain; Symptoms and Signs; Cannabis Use; Nurse's Role; Cannabis Use, Unspecified

Treatments: Other: Standard information regarding cannabis use in oncology; Other: Cannabis & Cancer digital educational intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05663346

2022-2802

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the preliminary effects and impacts of a digital educational intervention to support nurses' professional practice regarding safe cannabis use by young adults (18-39 years) diagnosed with cancer.

Full description

This online pilot randomized controlled trial with parallel groups is conducted in Quebec (Canada). Moodle learning management system will be used to train nurses working in oncology.

After accepting the conditions and consenting, participants will enroll in the study by providing an email address. Each participant will be validated through an email address check. After their enrolment, participants will receive a hyperlink via email to invite them to complete a baseline questionnaire.

After completing the baseline questionnaire, participants will be randomly assigned by a research assistant to the digital educational intervention (Cannabis & Cancer) or to a control group (official public websites and scientific articles).

Four weeks after the baseline questionnaire, participants will complete the online questionnaires again.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Work in an oncology department (eg, radio-oncology, outpatient clinics)
• Work with people diagnosed with cancer, including young adults
• Understand, read, and write French

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Cannabis & Cancer digital educational intervention

Experimental group

Description:

This intervention includes different asynchronous pedagogical modalities that allow, among other things, to reactivate the participants' previous knowledge and promote their autonomy in their learning process. These modalities focus on various problems that oncology nurses may encounter about the use of cannabis in oncology (eg, how to tackle the subject, what are the correct times to approach the topic). To this end, various pedagogical modalities that encourage the active participation of nurses are integrated into the training (eg, interactive videos, and quizzes). Scientific articles and links to external resources (official public websites) are also included so that nurses can consult the content at their own pace. Different aspects related to the use of cannabis are addressed in the training (eg, beneficial effects, and potential side effects).

Treatment:

Other: Cannabis & Cancer digital educational intervention

Standard information regarding cannabis use in oncology

Active Comparator group

Description:

The comparator is composed of an email with basic reliable non-personalized information on cannabis use in oncology (official public websites and scientific articles).

Treatment:

Other: Standard information regarding cannabis use in oncology