Emotional Support Messages Following a Cancer Diagnosis

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Status

Completed

Conditions

Psychological Stress

Anxiety

Treatments

Behavioral: Questionnaire 2b

Behavioral: Questionnaire 1a

Behavioral: Questionnaire 3b

Behavioral: Questionnaire 3a

Behavioral: Questionnaire 1b

Behavioral: Questionnaire 2a

Behavioral: Questionnaire 4b

Behavioral: Questionnaire 4a

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03840109

MCC-19957

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cancer patients will be randomly shown one of 18 emotional support messages created by the research team that differ based on how much of the message consists of positive statements and how much consists of negative statements. The messages with negative statements also differ based on whether the negative statements occur at the start or end of the message. After viewing the message, participants have the opportunity to rate the effectiveness of the message, to what extent the message made them feel better, and to what extent the message affects how they view the message provider as a useful source of emotional support.

Enrollment

417 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Participants must be 18 years of age or older
Participants with a diagnosis of breast, prostate, thoracic or digestive cancer in the past 3 years
Participants consented to Moffitt's Total Cancer Care (TCC) protocol and indicating a willingness to be contacted for future research by including an email contact.
Ability to read and write fluently in English

Trial design

417 participants in 1 patient group

All Participants

Description:

All participants will take an online questionnaire which includes their evaluation of one of 18 different emotional support messages randomly assigned through the Qualtrics survey system. The participants answer a series of closed ended scales regarding quality of the support message, supporter's competence, amount of emotional improvement they experienced after reading the message, and likelihood to seek support from the person writing the message.

Treatment: