NCT04024345

The Emotional Impact of Surveillance for Pancreatic Cancer

Surveillance Program in High-risk Individuals for Pancreatic Cancer: Prospective Analysis of the Emotional Impact

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (actual)
• Sponsor: Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Due to its rarity a population screening program for pancreatic cancer is not possible. For this reason, considering background data on genetic predisposition and familiarity for this lethal tumor, efforts have been pushed to build up surveillance programs for subjects at high-risk of pancreatic cancer, due to familiarity and/or genetic predisposition. These programs are based on radiological examinations (such as MRI or endoultrasonography) and laboratory tests. However, little is known about the psychological burden of these programs. Only a handful of studies investigated, in various ways, how the participation in surveillance programs for pancreatic cancer may burden the psychological status, with a consequent possible impairment of the psychological wellbeing, and a higher risk of withdraw from the surveillance program itself. The aim of this study was to assess the psychological and emotional impact in high-risk individuals participating in a surveillance program for pancreatic cancer due to familiarity and/or to genetic predisposition, using specific psychological tools, such as multiple psychological questionnaires, investigating different functioning areas, administered by a clinical psychologist.

Conditions

• Pancreatic Cancer
• Psychological Distress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Barratt Simplified Measure of Social Status (BSMSS)	Questionnaire that evaluates cultural identity, educational level and occupation of the subject and the subject's parents and spouse (if any)
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Global Assessment of Functioning scale (GAF)	Used to measure overall levels of functionality of an individual
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES)	Psychometric scale that is designed to assess optimistic self-beliefs to cope with a variety of difficult demands in life
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)	To assess the perceived stress
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief COPE),	It evaluates the subject's coping style through investigation of problem-solving abilities and emotional fluctuation, as a response to stressful situations
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS)	to explore the subject's social support system

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-07-01
• Primary completion: 2021-07-31
• Completion: 2021-12-31
• First posted: 2019-07-18
• Last updated: 2020-03-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy