NCT03546673

Health Benefits of Expressive Writing: Study One

Expressive Writing Among Chinese Breast Cancer Survivors: Study One

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 96 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with the aim of determining the cultural sensitivity, feasibility, and effectiveness of an expressive writing intervention for Chinese breast cancer survivors.

Detailed description

The study examines the potential health benefits (i.e., physical health, psychological health, and quality of life) of this expressive writing intervention for Chinese-speaking breast cancer survivors. The study also explores the mechanism through which expressive writing confers health benefits and investigates who will benefit most from the expressive writing intervention. Chinese-speaking breast cancer survivors who have completed primary treatment will be randomly assigned to a control writing condition, a self-regulation condition, or an emotional disclosure writing condition. Health outcomes are assessed at baseline, and 1, 3, and 6 months follow-ups. Mixed qualitative-quantitative mixed methods are used to explore the effect of the intervention on health outcomes and explore the mechanisms that explain the benefits of this intervention.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer
• Breast Neoplasm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Self-Regulation Condition
BEHAVIORAL	Emotional Disclosure Condition

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-07-01
• Primary completion: 2011-10-01
• Completion: 2011-10-01
• First posted: 2018-06-06
• Last updated: 2019-09-04

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States