DST in Reducing Depressive Symptoms, Enhancing Self-esteem, and Promoting Quality of Life Among CCSs

Официальное название

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

Обзор

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.

Вмешательства

• Другое 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

Первичные конечные точки

• Depressive symptoms: Chinese version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) [Срок оценки: 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.]

Вторичные конечные точки (2)

• Self-esteem: Chinese version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) [Срок оценки: 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) [Срок оценки: 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.]

Критерии участия

Критерии включения

• (1) age between 13 and 18 years;
• (2) able to speak Cantonese and read Chinese; and
• (3) completed the active treatment of cancer.

Критерии исключения

• survivors with mental and behavioural problems documented in their medical records.

Критерии приведены из реестра в оригинале (на английском). Окончательную оценку соответствия проводит исследовательский центр.

Здоровые добровольцы: Нет

Дизайн исследования

Распределение

Рандомизированное

Модель

Параллельные группы

Маскирование

Простое слепое

Основная цель

Поддерживающая терапия

Центры проведения

Гонконг · 1 центр

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, — Гонконг

Идентификаторы

NCT: NCT07052110 · DST intervention

Первоисточники (государственные реестры)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH, США)

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