A RCT of DST in Reducing Depressive Symptoms, Enhancing Self-esteem, and Promoting Quality of Life Among CCSs
NCT ID: NCT07052110
Last Updated: 2025-07-04
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
248 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-01-01
2025-12-31
Brief Summary
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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. We 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.
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Intervention: Intervention Arm
Participants in the experimental group will receive the DST intervention, which comprises four workshops. Each workshop will last 2.5 hours and will be conducted by a qualified interventionist. In the workshops, a group of 6-8 participants will first share their personal cancer experiences and offer feedback to other participants in the context of a story circle. A set of guiding questions will be used to facilitate participants in telling their own stories. Particularly, probing will be used to guide the child participants to share their own experiences. Open-ended questions such as 'How do you think about your cancer experience?' will be asked. Subsequent supplementary questions, such as 'What makes you feel in this way?' and 'can you give me some examples' will be asked to encourage more sharing. Afterwards, participants wil be encouraged to write their own script and storyboard, record their stories using a microphone, and choose photos and videos to illustrate their stories.
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 the experience, assisting them to explore alternative perspectives regarding the experience and to identify its positive aspects, which boost self-esteem. Likewise, storytelling engages different areas of the brain, including those responsible for visual, language, and hearing functions, to reorganise the disorganised traumatic experience into a coherent story, facilitating integration of the experience into existing memories.
No Intervention: Control Arm
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.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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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 the experience, assisting them to explore alternative perspectives regarding the experience and to identify its positive aspects, which boost self-esteem. Likewise, storytelling engages different areas of the brain, including those responsible for visual, language, and hearing functions, to reorganise the disorganised traumatic experience into a coherent story, facilitating integration of the experience into existing memories.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* (2) able to speak Cantonese and read Chinese; and
* (3) completed the active treatment of cancer.
Exclusion Criteria
13 Years
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Hong Kong Children's Hospital
OTHER
Research Grants Council, Hong Kong
OTHER
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Dr Eva Ho
associate professor
Principal Investigators
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Ka Yan Ho, phd
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Locations
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong, , Hong Kong
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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DST intervention
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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