Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03945734
Expressive Helping for Chinese-Speaking Cancer Patients and Survivors
Feasibility of Expressive Helping for Chinese-Speaking Cancer Patients and Survivors
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (actual)
- Sponsor
- New York University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study examines the feasibility, cultural-sensitivity, and health effects of the expressive helping intervention by conducting a single-arm trial with Chinese-speaking cancer patients and survivors.
Detailed description
This study examines whether expressive helping is feasible and culturally-sensitive for Chinese American cancer patients and survivors. For 20 minutes each week over four weeks, participants choose to write or voice-record their thoughts about cancer by following specific prompts designed to help them process their cancer experiences. During the last week of this reflection exercise, participants write or voice-record an anonymous letter to another Chinese cancer patient by sharing their cancer experience and providing advice and encouragement. Health outcomes are assessed at baseline, 1-month, and 3-month follow-ups. A subset of the participants will be invited to share their experiences with the study through qualitative interviews after the last writing/voice-recording session. This research study provides an opportunity for Chinese American cancer patients and survivors to express their feelings without the fear of burdening others, and give them an opportunity to help others by sharing their cancer experiences.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Expressive Helping | Expressive helping harnesses the benefits of helping others (e.g., support giving) through writing or voice-recording. Expressive helping integrates two distinct areas of research showing that writing or speaking about ones' negative experiences and engaging in support giving behaviors can improve psychological well-being. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-05-20
- Primary completion
- 2020-12-30
- Completion
- 2020-12-30
- First posted
- 2019-05-10
- Last updated
- 2025-12-03
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03945734. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.