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Study of Fine Art Photographs and Visualization Tapes to Improve Surgical Recovery in Breast Cancer

NCT00179634 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2017-03-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a study to assess whether healing suggestions and enhancing visual milieu (large fine art photographs) will improve mental and physical measures of well-being and recovery from surgery. The study will compare breast cancer patients undergoing identical skin sparing mastectomy and reconstruction surgery randomized to three groups:

1. Usual care control group
2. Usual care and exposure to fine art photograph
3. Usual care and fine art photograph and guided visualization tapes.

Conditions

  • Breast Neoplasms

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Visualization relaxation

BEHAVIORAL

Visual Milieu Enhancement (Fine art photograph)

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Susan L Troyan, MD · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-03-31
Primary Completion
2008-03-27
Completion
2008-03-27

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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