None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This trial aims to determine the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of a 7-week online mindfulness course on individuals with a cancer diagnosis, and to evaluate its impact on coping and empowerment skills, cancer symptoms, and emotional wellbeing. Who is it for? You may be eligible for this study if you are 18 or above and have been diagnosed with cancer. Study details Participants will attend one 90-minute Zoom session per week, which will cover various mindfulness techniques and practices. Participants will also be given access to online course materials in the form of videos, text, and audio accessed online to support the content of the mindfulness course. A number of questionnaires will be given for completion before the course and at the end of the 7-week course as part of the study. It is hoped that this study may help to ascertain the main symptoms of cancer patients and whether mindfulness training is an acceptable, appropriate, and feasible way of effectively improving these symptoms.
Interventions
Participants will undertake an online seven-week mindfulness course. The course comprises online 90 minute face-to-face group classes held weekly using ZOOM. The number of participants per course will be 22 maximum, accounting for a 20% dropout rate. Course attendance will be recorded each week by the instructor. Each week different mindfulness techniques will be explained and experienced and this content is supported by course material (video, text and audio) provided via a web browser and acce
Participants will undertake an online seven-week mindfulness course. The course comprises online 90 minute face-to-face group classes held weekly using ZOOM. The number of participants per course will be 22 maximum, accounting for a 20% dropout rate. Course attendance will be recorded each week by the instructor. Each week different mindfulness techniques will be explained and experienced and this content is supported by course material (video, text and audio) provided via a web browser and accessible from any device. The course material can be accessed at the participant's leisure. Course content has been specifically developed for this study. All courses will be conducted by highly experienced teachers with 10-years plus mindfulness experience and training. Mindfulness teachers have experience in working with people with cancer.
Sponsors
Chris O'Brien Lifehouse
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Primary purpose
Treatment
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Any cancer, >6 month life expectancy
Exclusion criteria
Patients with high scores indicative of clinical levels of anxiety, or depression or a psychiatric diagnosis who are deemed unsuitable following further screening by the psychologist or health care professional
Outcome results
None listed