NCT03840109

Emotional Support Messages Following a Cancer Diagnosis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 417 (actual)
• Sponsor: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

Cancer patients will be randomly shown one of 18 emotional support messages created by the research team that differ based on how much of the message consists of positive statements and how much consists of negative statements. The messages with negative statements also differ based on whether the negative statements occur at the start or end of the message. After viewing the message, participants have the opportunity to rate the effectiveness of the message, to what extent the message made them feel better, and to what extent the message affects how they view the message provider as a useful source of emotional support.

Conditions

• Psychological Stress
• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Questionnaire 1a	Participants will be randomly shown two versions of messages in which the last 20% of the message consists of negative statements of criticism and rate of the effectiveness of the message.
BEHAVIORAL	Questionnaire 1b	Participants will be randomly shown two versions of messages in which the first 20% of the message consists of negative statements of criticism and rate of the effectiveness of the message.
BEHAVIORAL	Questionnaire 2a	Participants will be randomly shown two versions of messages in which the last 40% of the message consists of negative statements of criticism and rate of the effectiveness of the message.
BEHAVIORAL	Questionnaire 2b	Participants will be randomly shown two versions of messages in which the first 40% of the message consists of negative statements of criticism and rate of the effectiveness of the message.
BEHAVIORAL	Questionnaire 3a	Participants will be randomly shown two versions of messages in which the last 60% of the message consists of negative statements of criticism and rate of the effectiveness of the message.
BEHAVIORAL	Questionnaire 3b	Participants will be randomly shown two versions of messages in which the first 60% of the message consists of negative statements of criticism and rate of the effectiveness of the message.
BEHAVIORAL	Questionnaire 4a	Participants will be randomly shown two versions of messages in which the last 80% of the message consists of negative statements of criticism and rate of the effectiveness of the message.
BEHAVIORAL	Questionnaire 4b	Participants will be randomly shown two versions of messages in which the first 80% of the message consists of negative statements of criticism and rate of the effectiveness of the message.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-30
• Primary completion: 2019-05-10
• Completion: 2020-11-24
• First posted: 2019-02-15
• Last updated: 2020-11-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States