Intervention Study on Life Review Among Advanced Cancer Patients in Fuzhou, China

NCT ID: NCT00951262

Last Updated: 2014-02-11

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-02-28

Study Completion Date

2010-06-30

Brief Summary

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This study aims to develop a life review program and test its effectiveness on a sample of patients with advanced cancer patients receiving palliative care at home in Fuzhou.

Detailed Description

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A life review program is mainly developed based on Erickson's theory, Confucius's teaching on human development, and the empirical findings of the researcher's preliminary study and pre-pilot study. The program covers reviewing a life for advanced cancer patients and formulating a booklet for them. A randomized controlled trial will be adopted for evaluation of this program. Eligible patients will be randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group. The subjects in the experimental group will receive a life review program for three weeks. The outcome measure is quality of life (QOL), including domains of physical discomfort, food-related concerns, health care concerns, support, negative emotions, sense of alienation, existential distress and value of life. Subjects' QOL will be assessed before commencement of the program (T0) and one day (T1) and three weeks (T2) after the completion of the program for all subjects in two groups. Perceptions of the program will be elicited within three days after the program for subjects in the experimental group.Descriptive statistics will be used to analyze patients' personal information, disease related information, functional performance and QOL of advanced cancer patients. Repeated measures ANOVA will be used to measure QOL differences in between-group, within-group and interaction effects. Content analysis will be used to analyze the qualitative data collected.

Conditions

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Advanced Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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life review

a life review program includes 3-session life review and formulation of a life review book as a gift for advanced cancer patients.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

a life review program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The life review program includes reviewing a life and formalating a life booklet. Reviewing a life consists of three weekly sessions separately addressing illness experience, adulthood life and childhood and adolescence life. Each session lasts about 30 to 60mintues.A booklet with photos documented significant life events will be produced as a gift for the subjects. The edition, photos and contents fo the booklet are determined by the subjects.

controlled group

the subjects in the controlled group do not receive the life review program

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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a life review program

The life review program includes reviewing a life and formalating a life booklet. Reviewing a life consists of three weekly sessions separately addressing illness experience, adulthood life and childhood and adolescence life. Each session lasts about 30 to 60mintues.A booklet with photos documented significant life events will be produced as a gift for the subjects. The edition, photos and contents fo the booklet are determined by the subjects.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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evaluative reminence

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients who are newly admitted to the study hospice
2. Patients who are suffering from cancer with metastasis made by a physician
3. Patients who know their diagnosis, prognosis and therapy
4. Patients' functional performance (the score of KPS) at or more than 50%
5. Patients who are adults (≥18 years old)
6. Patients who have no cognitive and verbal communication impairments

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with planned treatments, such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery
2. Patients with psychiatric disorders
3. Patients who live outside Fuzhou since the following-up home visit services are not extended to those areas
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechinich University

Principal Investigators

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Enid Kwong, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Locations

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The Fujian Hospice

Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

Other Identifiers

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HSEARS20090205002

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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