Psycho-Educational Program in Increasing Knowledge and Satisfaction and Decreasing Distress in Younger Patients With Cancer Receiving Treatment

City of Hope

Status: Completed

Conditions: Malignant Neoplasm; Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment

Treatments: Procedure: psychosocial assessment and care; Other: communication skills training; Other: educational intervention; Other: questionnaire administration

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01817335

13128

NCI-2013-00589 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This pilot clinical trial studies psycho-educational program in increasing knowledge and satisfaction and decreasing distress in younger patients with cancer receiving treatment. Psycho-educational program may increase knowledge and satisfaction and decrease distress in younger patients with cancer receiving treatment

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Providing a psycho-educational group to young adults while examining the feasibility of such a group with patients on treatment.

II. Examining effectiveness of the program through evaluating pre-post changes in participant distress, evaluating increases in participant' knowledge regarding disease issues and coping, and evaluating participant satisfaction.

OUTLINE:

Patients undergo psycho-educational program comprising medical/symptom management and communication with a medical team, coping skills, self image, and relationships and communication for 1.5 hours once weekly for 6 weeks.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 30 days.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Currently in active treatment (diagnosed and receiving treatment within 2 weeks of initial study enrollment; active treatment includes currently receiving any of the following: chemotherapy, radiation therapy, maintenance drugs, surgery, clinical trial enrollment, or current relapse/secondary malignancy)
• Inpatient or outpatient
• Cancer diagnosis
• Physician approval
• Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Significant psychiatric or developmental issues, as determined by screening interview conducted by psychologist or clinical social worker
• Currently off treatment (longer than 2 weeks at the time of enrollment)
• In isolation or with isolation precautions
• Non-English speaking

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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22 participants in 1 patient group

Supportive care (psycho-educational program)

Experimental group

Description:

Patients participate in a psycho-educational program focused on medical/symptom management and communication with a medical team, coping skills, self image, and relationships and communication for 1.5 hours once weekly for 6 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: questionnaire administration

Other: educational intervention

Procedure: psychosocial assessment and care

Other: communication skills training