Emotion Regulation and Cancer Caregiving

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Emotion Regulation and Cancer Caregiving

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06123416
• Other study ID #: IRB-47800
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 16, 2019
• Est. completion date: July 15, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: November 2023
• Source: Stanford University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine how the behaviors of cancer caregivers can impact patients.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: July 15, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: July 15, 2019
• Gender: All
• Age group: 21 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

All participants must:

• Be 21 years or older

• Have access to a computer with internet access

Patients must:

• Be women

• Have a diagnosis of breast cancer (non-recurrent)

Caregivers must be:

-The patient's caregiver (providing support to the patient)

Exclusion Criteria:

Participants must not be:

-Younger than 21 years

Patients must not:

• Be men

• Have a diagnosis other than breast cancer (non-recurrent)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Cancer
• Cancer
• Emotions
• Healthy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Expressive Writing
Caregivers complete three 20-min writing sessions in which they write about an assigned topic - emotional or non-emotional.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Stanford University	Stanford	California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Stanford University	U.S. National Science Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Emotion Regulation Questionnaire	Emotion regulation refers to the ways people influence which emotions they have, and how they experience and express these emotions. Participants will rate their habitual pursuit of pro-hedonic, contra-hedonic, pro-social, and impression management goals using the ERGS. The items will be rated on the same 7-point scale (1 = never; 7 = always).	Baseline through 3 months post-intervention