DST in Reducing Depressive Symptoms, Enhancing Self-esteem, and Promoting Quality of Life Among CCSs
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Digital storytelling.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Cancer. Basic parameters: 13 years — 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Hong Kong
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Listening to the Patient's Cancer Journey: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Digital Storytelling (DST) in Reducing Depressive Symptoms, Enhancing Self-esteem, and Promoting Quality of Life Among Hong Kong Chinese Childhood Cancer Survivors
Overview
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of Digital storytelling (DST) in reducing depressive symptoms, enhancing self-esteem, and promoting quality of life among Chinese survivors of childhood cancer. Participants in the experimental group will be divided into groups of 6 to 8 childhood cancer survivors to receive the intervention, which comprises four workshops. Each workshop will last 2.5 hours and will be conducted by a qualified interventionist. Parents are not required to attend the workshop. The investigators will provide a waiting room for them. Parents will also be provided with a leaflet developed by Hong Kong Department of Health which contains self-help material for depression. No intervention will be carried out among participants in the control group. However, customary care including medical follow-up, medication prescription, and nursing interventions will be provided, as usual. Parents will also be provided with a leaflet containing self-help materials for depression.
Interventions
- Other Digital storytelling
DST is an intervention that can potentially mitigate the psychological impact of traumatic experiences. People can usually find positive meaning in a traumatic experience by communicating their experience using narratives like storytelling. In particular, by externalising the traumatic experience in the form of a narrative, the individual can become an objective agent, distancing themselves from negative meanings attached to the experience. This lowers people's resistance to and defence against
Primary outcome measures
- Depressive symptoms: Chinese version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) [Time frame: The CES-DC will be conducted immediately after the completion of the intervention, and at 1-, 3- and 6-month follow-up via telephone interview.]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Self-esteem: Chinese version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) [Time frame: The RSES will be conducted immediately after the completion of the intervention, and at 1-, 3- and 6-month follow-up via telephone interview.]
- Quality of life: Chinese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scale (PedsQL 4.0) [Time frame: The PedsQL 4.0 will be conducted immediately after the completion of the intervention, and at 1-, 3- and 6-month follow-up via telephone interview.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- (1) age between 13 and 18 years;
- (2) able to speak Cantonese and read Chinese; and
- (3) completed the active treatment of cancer.
Exclusion criteria
- survivors with mental and behavioural problems documented in their medical records.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
Hong Kong · 1 center
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, — Hong Kong
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07052110 · DST intervention