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Resiliency Training for Adolescent Neurofibromatosis Patients Via Videoconferencing With Skype

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Mass General Brigham

Status

Completed

Conditions

Neurofibromatoses

Treatments

Behavioral: Stress Management Group 2
Behavioral: Stress Management Group 1

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02387177
2014P000702

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this research is to adapt the NF-specific adult version of the Skype 3RP for use with adolescents, and to test its feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effect in improving quality of life, and in decreasing stress and psychological distress.

Enrollment

51 patients

Sex

All

Ages

12 to 17 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  1. Must be between the ages of 12 and 17
  2. Can read and speak English at or above the 6th grade level
  3. Diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1 or neurofibromatosis type 2 by a specialized medical provider

Exclusion criteria

  1. Severe active or untreated major mental illness that would interfere with study participation, to be determined at the discretion of the study investigator (e.g. untreated psychosis or suicidality)
  2. Recent (within past 3 months) change in antidepressant medication
  3. Use of formal relaxation training (including past participation in a mind-body program), currently or in the past 6 months
  4. Unable or unwilling to sign the informed consent documents
  5. Unable or unwilling to participate in an intervention delivered via videoconferencing with Skype

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

51 participants in 2 patient groups

Stress Management Group 1
Experimental group
Description:
Subjects will attend group stress management sessions via Skype once weekly for 8 weeks and learn stress/NF symptoms managements techniques.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Stress Management Group 1
Stress Management Group 2
Experimental group
Description:
Subjects will attend group stress management sessions via Skype once weekly for 8 weeks and learn stress/NF symptoms managements techniques.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Stress Management Group 2

Trial contacts and locations

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