The Effects of Multi-Psycho-Oncology Care Courses

Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effects of Multi-Psycho-Oncology Care Courses Through Remote Psychological Support, Emotional Awareness Situation Videos and Empathic Concern Intervention on Physical and Psychological Status, Self-Efficacy and Empathy in Oncology Nurses

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05776680
• Other study ID #: 202112219RINB
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 22, 2022
• Est. completion date: October 31, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: August 2023
• Source: National Taiwan University Hospital
• Contact: Yun Hsiang Lee, PhD
• Phone: 886 2 23123456
• Email: yhlee338[@]ntu.edu.tw
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

When the patient's mood has not yet reached a moderate to high severity level, psychological support is usually provided by the clinical nurses. However, the result of past research showed that the needs of patients and their caregivers were not satisfied with the psychological level. Scholars pointed out that it may be related to factors such as excessive clinical workload or insufficient psychological support and care capacity. In addition, under the influence of COVID-19 in the past two years, medical staff are facing more physical and mental pressure. Oncology nurses have a heavy workload and are affected by the COVID 19 epidemic, which reflects that nurses need psychological support. Therefore, this study intends to reduce stress through remote physical and mental support activities, and use the Internet to intervene in guided relaxation and meditation. Considering the scheduling of clinical nurses, a remote and unstructured course content that does not require continuity will be selected, and then advanced to provide the empathetic care skills of oncology nurses.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 280
• Est. completion date: October 31, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: October 31, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years and older

Eligibility

Intervention group

• Inclusion Criteria:

• Over 20 years old (inclusive)

• Oncology nurses currently working in clinical practice

• Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who are unwilling or unable to participate in this course training for a full one- year period.

• Those who have registered for the advanced oncology nursing course organized by the Society in the current year.

Control group

• Inclusion Criteria:

• Over 20 years old (inclusive)

• Oncology nurses currently working in clinical practice

• Those who have registered for the advanced oncology nursing course organized by the Society in the current year

• Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who have participated in multiple oncology psychological care courses, those who are unwilling or unable to participate in the training of distance psychological support courses for a full one-year period.

• Those who participate in the advanced course of oncology nursing are unwilling or unable to participate in the data evaluation of the complete bi-annual time point.

• Those who have participated in this research project.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cancer
• Empathy
• Neoplasms
• Oncology
• Psychological

Intervention

Other:
• Psychological support
60-minute once or twice a week for 6 months of Initial Remote Psychological Support Course .

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	National Taiwan University Hospital	Taipei

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Taiwan University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physical and Psychological Symptoms Scale	Oncology nurses' physical and psychological state were measured by physical and psychological state survey. It use Numerical Rating Scale(VRS) 0-10. It is a 11 Point Likert Scale (e. g. 0 is no pain; 10 is unbearable pain).	2 time points: Time 1 (before the psychological support course) ; Time 2 ( 6 months after the psychological support course)
Secondary	Self efficacy scale (GSES)	Oncology nurses' self-efficacy were measured by self efficacy scale. There are 10 questions about the level of confidence in these situations. It's a 4 point (1-4),higher the score means the more confident you have. There is also 11 point (0-10) scale that higher the score means the more confident you are in caring for patients.	2 time points: Time 1 (before the psychological support course) ; Time 2 ( 6 months after the psychological support course)
Secondary	Communication ability scale	Oncology nurses' communication skills were measured by communication ability scale.It is a 5 Liker scale(1-5),higher scores represent better communication skills.	2 time points: Time 1 (before the psychological support course) ; Time 2 (6 months after the psychological support course)
Secondary	Efferson Empathy Scale	Oncology nurses' empathy were measured by Efferson Empathy Scale. It is a 7 Liker scale(1-7),higher scores means someone have more empathy.	2 time points: Time 1 (before the psychological support course) ; Time 2 ( 6 months after the psychological support course)
Secondary	Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Spiritual Well-Being (FACIT-Sp)	Oncology nurses' spiritual well-being were measured by FACIT-Sp.It is a 5 Liker scale(0-4),higher scores represent better well-being.	2 time points: Time 1 (before the psychological support course) ; Time 2 ( 6 months after the psychological support course)