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Writing About Experiences With Ovarian Cancer

NCT02593422 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 73

Last updated 2022-05-23

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Summary

This online study aims to understand whether writing about one's experiences with ovarian cancer may be beneficial for psychological and physical wellbeing in women with a history of ovarian cancer. Investigators are also interested in studying how certain individual characteristics may impact the effectiveness of writing. Participants will be asked to complete an initial survey (15 min), followed by writing about their experiences with ovarian cancer on four occasions (20 - 25 min each), over the course of two weeks. A final survey (10 min) will be completed one month afterwards.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Expressive Writing

Participants will be asked to write about their deepest thoughts and emotions about their experience with ovarian cancer

BEHAVIORAL

Fact Writing (Control)

Participants will be asked to write about the facts of their experience with ovarian cancer

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Maryland, College Park

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mary Ann Hoffman, Ph.D. · University of Maryland, College Park

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2016-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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