Personality and Cancer Care Study

Tulane University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Personality Feedback Self-Management Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04625439

2020-909

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomized clinical trial will test whether giving an individualized personality feedback report to adults with a history of cancer can improve their self-awareness, confidence in managing their illness, and mood.

Full description

This will be a randomized clinical trial examining whether a personality feedback intervention can improve three outcomes in an online sample of adults with cancer: 1) self-awareness, 2) self-efficacy for managing aspects of their illness, and 3) mood. The study will occur in a single 30-minute online session conducted in Qualtrics, with a pre-post randomized design. Participants will respond to a baseline survey including a measurement of the Five-Factor Personality Model and measures of the 3 outcomes of interest, followed by random assignment to either an intervention group or control group. Both groups will read a brief description of the Five-Factor Model of Personality. Those randomized to the intervention group will also receive an individualized feedback report containing their personality results on each of the five personality factors and recommendations for cancer self-management based on these results. After reading the personality information, participants will respond to the outcome measures again in a post-intervention survey. Control participants will receive their individualized personality feedback reports after the study is complete.

Enrollment: 419 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• consent to participate
• at least 18 years old (self-reported)
• have a current or past cancer diagnosis (self-reported)

Exclusion criteria

• under 18 years old (self-reported)
• indicate that they have no known history of cancer (self-reported)
• unable to read or understand English

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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419 participants in 2 patient groups

Personality Feedback

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention arm will read about the Five-Factor model and receive a feedback report with individualized personality results and self-management recommendations.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Personality Feedback Self-Management Intervention

No-feedback Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control arm will read about the Five-Factor model but will not receive feedback or their personality results until after the study.