NCT06813001

ACT-Based Nursing Intervention for Ovarian Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study

Development of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)-Based Nurse-led Intervention for Ovarian Cancer Patients

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Yonsei University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 19 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasiblity and effectiveness of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-based nursing intervention aimed at managing psychological flexibility, distress, anxiety, depression, fear of cancer recurrence/progression, quality of life, and symptoms. Patients will participate in a single online session with a nurse, followed by a daily self-monitoring survey online for one week. Data will be collected at baseline (prior to the ACT session), on day 8 (after one week of self-monitoring), and at 5 weeks. Primary outcome is psychological flexibility.

Detailed description

This study is a preliminary single-group pre-post design aimed at developing and evaluating the feasibility of an ACT-based nursing intervention for distress management in patients with ovarian cancer. A total of 25 ovarian cancer patients who consent to participate will be enrolled in the study. Paticipants will receive a one-time ACT-based nursing intervention lasting approximately 60 minutes. The researcher will coordinate schedules with participants to deliver the ACT-based nursing intervention using Zoom, a video conferencing platform which minimizes time and location constraints. Before the intervention, the research will ensure that the participants' video conferencing is working properly to minimize potential difficulties during the session. Following the single-session intervention, the researcher will send a daily Google Form link to participants for seven consecutive days. Participants will be encouraged to access the link and complete self-monitoring surveys to reinforce the key components addressed in the program.

Conditions

• Ovarian Neoplasm ; Psychological Distress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	ACT-based nursing intervention	ACT-based nursing intervention is a 1:1 single online session with a nurse, which takes about 60 minutes followed by a daily self-monitoring survey for one week, which encourages patients to practice ACT.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-02-01
• Primary completion: 2025-06-01
• Completion: 2025-06-01
• First posted: 2025-02-06
• Last updated: 2025-02-06