NCT02982421

The Effect of Art Therapy on Physical and Psychological Symptoms of Breast Cancer Survivors

The Effect of Group Art Therapy on Physical and Psychological Symptoms of Breast Cancer Survivors Receiving Hormonal Therapy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Rabin Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Art Therapy is a health profession in which art making is utilized as a means of expression and communication within a therapeutic and supportive relationship \[1\]. Art therapy has been shown to reduce psychological (anxiety, negative mood) and physical (pain, fatigue) symptoms which accompany many breast cancer patients and survivors \[2-7\]. Qualitative studies provide an initial understanding of the mechanisms through which art therapy facilitates symptom reduction \[8\]. Breast cancer patients have reported that art therapy provided them with access to emotional material otherwise inaccessible \[9\]. The goal of this study is to examine the effect of art making within a therapeutic framework on emotional awareness and acceptance.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Group art therapy	Participants will engage in an art therapy group tailored at emotion expression related to the experience of breast cancer survivorship.
BEHAVIORAL	Control	Participants will receive Psychoeducational material in the form of a lecture and will engage in the coloring of mandalas.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-12-01
• Primary completion: 2017-05-01
• Completion: 2017-06-01
• First posted: 2016-12-05
• Last updated: 2016-12-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel