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A Pilot Study of a Brief Pre-Operative Intervention for Patients Undergoing Breast Surgery

NCT02939040 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2017-10-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is to assess the feasibility of using a positive activities intervention, Positive Piggy Bank, in newly diagnosed women with breast cancer who will soon undergo surgery. A randomized controlled pilot trial of a brief self-guided positive activities intervention, The Positive Piggy Bank (PPB), compared to Treatment as Usual. The PPB intervention involves noting at least one positive event each day, writing it down on a slip of paper and then depositing this piece of paper in a piggy bank. This practice is to take place at the end of the day, every day over a circumscribed period of time. At the end of the "deposit period," in the case of this study after approximately 21 days, the participant "closes the account" and makes a full withdrawal by taking all of the slips out of the piggy bank and reading each one on the night before surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Positive Activities

The PPB intervention involves noting at least one positive event each day, writing it down on a slip of paper and then depositing this piece of paper in a piggy bank. This practice is to take place at the end of the day, every day over a circumscribed period of time. At the end of the "deposit period" the participant "closes the account" and makes a full withdrawal by taking all of the slips out of the piggy bank and reading each one the night before surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Afton Hassett, Psy.D. · University of Michigan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-30
Primary Completion
2017-02-28
Completion
2017-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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