NCT02378597

Resiliency Program for Medical Interpreters

Developing a Resiliency Program for Medical Interpreters in Cancer Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 28 (actual)
• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To develop and test a 4-session program to teach resiliency skills to Medical Interpreters.

Detailed description

This study aims to improve quality of cancer care for LEP patients through improving medical interpreters' ability to cope with difficult encounters. We propose to (1) identify the needs of medical interpreters working with cancer patients, and (2) develop and test a psychoeducational resiliency program at 3 DF/HCC cancer centers: MGH, DFCI, and BWH) intended to enhance interpreters' skills to effectively manage stressful encounters and to cope with the personal effects of encounters.

Conditions

• Psychological Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral: Resiliency Intervention	4 hour behavioral session including education in the relaxation response, education about stress and allostatic load, cognitive skills building, review of difficult encounters with patients.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-03-01
• Completion: 2014-06-01
• First posted: 2015-03-04
• Last updated: 2025-12-05