NCT01817335

Psycho-Educational Program in Increasing Knowledge and Satisfaction and Decreasing Distress in Younger Patients With Cancer Receiving Treatment

Pilot Study of Psycho-Educational Group for Young Adults (YA) on Treatment: Impact on Knowledge, Distress, and Satisfaction

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (actual)
• Sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This pilot clinical trial studies psycho-educational program in increasing knowledge and satisfaction and decreasing distress in younger patients with cancer receiving treatment. Psycho-educational program may increase knowledge and satisfaction and decrease distress in younger patients with cancer receiving treatment

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Providing a psycho-educational group to young adults while examining the feasibility of such a group with patients on treatment. II. Examining effectiveness of the program through evaluating pre-post changes in participant distress, evaluating increases in participant' knowledge regarding disease issues and coping, and evaluating participant satisfaction. OUTLINE: Patients undergo psycho-educational program comprising medical/symptom management and communication with a medical team, coping skills, self image, and relationships and communication for 1.5 hours once weekly for 6 weeks. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 30 days.

Conditions

• Malignant Neoplasm
• Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	psychosocial assessment and care	Participate in psycho-educational program
OTHER	educational intervention	Participate in psycho-educational program
OTHER	communication skills training	Participate in psycho-educational program
OTHER	questionnaire administration	Ancillary studies

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-08-01
• Primary completion: 2015-05-01
• Completion: 2015-05-01
• First posted: 2013-03-25
• Last updated: 2015-06-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States