Resiliency Program for Medical Interpreters (CARE)

Mass General Brigham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Psychological Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Behavioral: Resiliency Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02378597

12-524

Details and patient eligibility

About

To develop and test a 4-session program to teach resiliency skills to Medical Interpreters.

Full description

This study aims to improve quality of cancer care for LEP patients through improving medical interpreters' ability to cope with difficult encounters. We propose to (1) identify the needs of medical interpreters working with cancer patients, and (2) develop and test a psychoeducational resiliency program at 3 DF/HCC cancer centers: MGH, DFCI, and BWH) intended to enhance interpreters' skills to effectively manage stressful encounters and to cope with the personal effects of encounters.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Interpreter employed at one of the 3 study hospitals
2. >=20 hours/week

Exclusion criteria

1) Interpreter working <20 hours per week

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Delayed Intervention: Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Delayed intervention: Control was a a behavioral treatment for resiliency delivered in a single 4 hour session delivered in a delayed fashion (waitlist control)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Behavioral: Resiliency Intervention

Experimental: Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental: Intervention was a 4 hour behavioral resiliency intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Behavioral: Resiliency Intervention