Pilot study on the feasibility and efficacy of individual psychooncological intervention to better cope with therapy-related stress in oncological patients under radiotherapy ("With internal strength through radiation therapy")

Pilot study on the feasibility and efficacy of individual psychooncological intervention to better cope with therapy-related stress in oncological patients under radiotherapy ("With internal strength through radiation therapy") - MISS

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00013493

Enrollment

Registered

2017-11-27

Start date

2017-12-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Head/neck tumours C32

Interventions

Group 1: Imagination exercises are practiced in an average of three individually agreed individual sessions. The appointments take place weekly to 14 days.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Oncological patients fixed for radiotherapy (2) oncological patients with a tumor in the head area who receive plastic masks for radiotherapy (3) planned or already initiated radiotherapy (4) Interest in learning and applying stabilisation exercises (5) Notification of informed written consent to study participation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Age < 18 years (2) acute suicidal tendencies (3) the existence of contraindications for imaginative procedures: schizophrenic psychoses, dissociative disorders (4) Insufficient understanding of the German language (5) severe hearing loss (6) lack of ability to give consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
(1) the feasibility of sufficient patient recruitment (2) the termination rate (3) the response rate to the questionnaire survey	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- distress (anxiety, depression, distress, disease-related trauma symptoms): corresponding scales of the German version of the Patient Health Questionnaire, Distress-Barometer (PHQ-D; Lowe, Spitzer, Zipfel, & Herzog, 2002), Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS; German translation of Ehlers, Steil, Winter, & Foa,,) - Self-soothing ability: Subscale "Self-soothing ability" of the self-soothing scale (Beck et al., in preparation). - Quality-of-life: Short version of the questionnaire on general state of health (SF-12; Bullinger & Kirchberger, 1998; Gandek et al., 1998). All questionnaires used in this preliminary study are validated routine instruments. The questionnaires are assessed at the first session of the Intervention (T1) and at the end of radiation.	—

Measure

Time frame

- distress (anxiety, depression, distress, disease-related trauma symptoms): corresponding scales of the German version of the Patient Health Questionnaire, Distress-Barometer (PHQ-D; Lowe, Spitzer, Zipfel, & Herzog, 2002), Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS; German translation of Ehlers, Steil, Winter, & Foa,,) - Self-soothing ability: Subscale "Self-soothing ability" of the self-soothing scale (Beck et al., in preparation). - Quality-of-life: Short version of the questionnaire on general state of health (SF-12; Bullinger & Kirchberger, 1998; Gandek et al., 1998). All questionnaires used in this preliminary study are validated routine instruments. The questionnaires are assessed at the first session of the Intervention (T1) and at the end of radiation.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactChristina Sauer

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

christina.sauer@med.uni-heidelberg.de06221564727

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 13, 2026