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Psychological Counselling in Diagnostic Screening

NCT02018471 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2013-12-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Diagnostic tests have a deep emotional impact on oncology patients. Anxiety and worries can lead people to avoid screening tests, with high risks for health. A single arm, pilot study was organized to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of psychological counselling for cancer patients who demonstrated anxiety for diagnostic tests. The hypothesis was that taking part in Psychoeducative Training could offer a new modality to reduce anxiety, before and during tests, and also the possibility to reinforce coping strategies.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducative training

The Psychological education was inspired by the technique, Systematic Desensitization (SD), a therapeutic procedure that seeks to eliminate fear and avoidance behaviour

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Malihe Shams · Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2013-02-28
Completion
2013-05-31

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