NCT01888523

Stress Management for Cancer Survivors

Stress Management for Cancer Survivors Using a Technologically Adapted Psychosocial Intervention: A Randomized Trial Determining the Effect of Expressive Writing on Psychoneuroimmunology Based Outcomes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Determine the efficacy of a brief and inexpensive psychosocial intervention, (called expressive writing) in improving health outcomes for cancer survivors.

Detailed description

This study aims to evaluate a computer-based stress-management therapy called expressive writing. This involves logging in to an online survey and writing in the survey about your thoughts and feelings about your cancer or to type in your everyday experiences. This requires 20-30 minutes of writing a day for 4 consecutive days. You will also provide saliva samples.

Conditions

• Cancer Survivors

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Expressive writing	log in to an online survey and writing in the survey about your thoughts and feelings about your cancer. This requires 20-30 minutes of writing a day for 4 consecutive days. You will also provide saliva samples.
BEHAVIORAL	Everyday experiences writing	log in to an online survey and writing in the survey about your thoughts and feelings about your everyday experiences. This requires 20-30 minutes of writing a day for 4 consecutive days. You will also provide saliva samples.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-11-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2013-06-27
• Last updated: 2016-01-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States