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The Effect of Art Therapy on Total Laryngectomy Patients

NCT03503435 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2022-06-14

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Summary

Total laryngectomy (TL) patients suffer from a myriad of psychological and physiological difficulties following surgery. One of their main difficulties in communication due to problems in speaking. Art therapy offers an alternative means of communication via visual art making and has been shown to reduce psychological distress in cancer patients. Thus the goal of our study is to examine the effect of participating in a group art therapy session on the psychological and physical well being of TL patients. Our design is a quasi-experimental qualitative study with a pre-post design, collecting data with validated questionnaires and self-reports of the participants.

Conditions

  • Quality of Life
  • Depressive Symptoms

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Group art therapy

Participants will undergo 6 weeks of group art therapy in which they will learn tools to cope with a variety of cognitive, emotional and social aspects of life after TL.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Carmel Medical Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Haifa

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-07-31
Primary Completion
2020-01-01
Completion
2020-01-01

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