Enhancing Coping Skills in Patients With Cancer

Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title: Enhancing Coping Skills in Patients With Cancer - a Randomized Controlled Study

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

• Approximately 30% of all patients with cancer report levels of psychological distress indicative of the need for psychological intervention.

• Research suggests that learning more adaptive coping strategies improves psychological adjustment to cancer.

• It is imperative to develop cost-efficient, feasible psychosocial interventions.

• The aim is to test the efficacy of the self administered format of a psycho-educational intervention (NUCARE) in reducing distress and enhancing adaptive coping strategies for cancer patients.

It is hypothesized that:

• patients would show significant reductions in distress (i.e., depression and anxiety) over the 6-week treatment period, and that treatment would produce superior results compared to wait-list; patients would maintain or even increase their improvement up to 3 months following treatment.

• the treatment would enhance more adaptive coping strategies.

• greater self-reported adherence to the treatment/homework would be associated with symptom improvement, more autonomous self-regulation and higher perceived competence for adhering to the coping intervention program.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cancer

• NCT number: NCT01359072
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: McGill University Health Center
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 2011
• Completion date: August 2012