haemetoligical cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Control:The control group participants will receive usual care, which includes routine medical care to monitor disease status, administer chemotherapy, provide disease-related information, and refer t
Intervention:In addition to the usual care received by the control group, the intervention group will receive the standardised art therapy-based intervention. The details as follows:
A group format wi
Sponsors
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
7 Years to 14 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Aged 7 to 14 years. (2) Clinically diagnosed with any type of haematological cancer. (3) Currently undergoing a chemotherapy course. (4) Able to provide written informed consent by a legal/parent guardian and assent from children (5) Able to speak and understand Chinese. (6) Presence of anxiety symptoms. The 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS) for anxiety with faces (a single-item instrument) ranging from 0 to 10 will be administered to detect anxiety with a threshold of 3
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Presence of developmental, physical, psychological, and/or psychiatric illness or problems as indicated in the medical records. (2) Participating in other ongoing research studies.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| anxiety;quality of life; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| depression;coping; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactZhou ShiShuang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed