Efficacy of intervention program based on cognitive behavior therapy for cancer patients

UMIN ID: UMIN000001212

Registered date:15/07/2008

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Breast cancer
• Date of first enrollment: 2008/08/01
• Target sample size: 20
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): Problem solving therapy

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Japanese version of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale(HADS)
• Secondary Outcome: 1. Japanese version of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale(HADS) 2. EORTC-QLQ-C30 3.Brief Cancer-related Worry Inventory 4. The short-form Supportive Care Needs Survey(SCNS-SF34) 5. Self-efficacy Scale for advanced cancer 6. Mental adjustment to Cancer Scale (MAC) 7. The Concerns About Recurrence Scale (CARS)

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 20years-old
• Age maximum: 70years-old
• Gender: Female
• Exclude criteria: 1. Patients diagnosed that the psychiatric treatment will be necessary by phsician, such as depressive disorder with suicidal thoughts or wishes. 2. Patients with evidence of cognitive impairment such as dementia and delirium or mental illness such as schizophrenia 3. Patients who take parmacotherapy by antipsychotics 4. Patients with evidence of cognitive function impairment 5. Patients with difficulty literacy of Japanese

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Osaka University
• Secondary Sponsor: None
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare,None