Effectiveness of Heart to Heart Cards Game for patients with advanced cancer at home: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial

Effectiveness of Heart to Heart Cards Game on the dignity, psychological distress and quality of life of patients with advanced cancer at Home: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2100049933

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2021-08-14

Start date

2021-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-04-19

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Conditions

cancer

Interventions

Intervention group:Heart to Heart Cards Game

control group:Regular hospice care

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Older than 18 years with a diagnosis of advanced cancer based on pathology; (2) Attending home-based hospice services which are provided by the Hospice Units; (3) Physician-estimated life expectancy<6 months; (4) Chinese speaker.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Severe cognitive impairment that would impede informed consent and communication or physical condition that does not allow long-term communication; (2) Insufficient understanding of mandarin or severe hearing impairment that unable to communicate; (3) Patients who do not know their condition.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
dignity;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
psychological distress;quality of life;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYu Liping

Wuhan University School of Health Sciences

yuliping@whu.edu.cn+86 18971415065

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 12, 2026