MIND Programme for Cancer Patients

NCT02943174 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2019-05-30

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Summary

This investigation aims to apply and test the acceptability of an acceptance, mindfulness and compassionate-based intervention structured for cancer patients. MIND programme for cancer thus comprises 8 weekly group sessions, lasting 1 and a half hour each, run in small groups at an Oncology Service at the Coimbra's University Hospital. For each week participants have assigned homework (e.g., mindfulness exercises). This programme mainly aims to increase participants' physical and psychosocial quality of life, and attenuate depressed mood and anxiety.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

MIND programme for cancer patients

Psychotherapeutic programme based on Acceptance, Mindfulness and Compassion for cancer patients Other: Cancer Treatment as Usual

OTHER

Treatment as Usual (TAU)

Standard personalized treatment of cancer

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Coimbra

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-30
Primary Completion
2017-10-31
Completion
2018-04-30

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