Distress in oncological patients and their relatives Dyadic Coping in oncological patients and their relatives
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Single-based intervention, 3 sessions, 90 up to 180 min, content: stressmanagement, dyadic coping with cancer, communication, sexuality
Group 2: Couple-based intervention, 3 sessions, 90 up
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Patients with oncological disease and in current treatment at the UKD and their partners - Age of subjects: 18-75 (recorded by the modified version of the Psychooncological Basic Documentation [Po-Bado]) - Marital status (stable partnership - self-assessment of the test person by the modified version of the Psychooncological Basic Documentation [Po-Bado]) - Business and consent capacity (legal term) - ECOG status 0-2 of both subjects ( 0-relative well-being, 1-minor limitation of well-being, 2-incapacity for normal work) (captured by the modified version of the Psychooncological Basic Documentation [Po-Bado]) - Psychological distress of partner (Captured by the HADS-D sum score; cut-off value = 15)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Severity of the patient's oncological disease (late palliative or terminal phase of the disease) - Severe mental, neurological, or degenerative disorders of the patient's relative (Organic, including symptomatic mental disorders; mental and Behavioral disorders caused by psychotropic substances; Schizophrenia, schizotypal and Delusional disorders due to psychotropic substances; Major depressive episodes). (recorded by the SKID I) - insufficient knowledge of the German language
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| HADS-D (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; Herrmann-Lingen, Buss & Snaith, 1995/2011) as a measure of anxiety and depression (general distress). The inventory is completed at T0 (befor intervention) and at T1 (after intervention) and T2 (4 month) by the relative. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| DCI (Dyadic Coping Inventury; Bodenmann, 2011) as a measure of dyadic coping und communication under stressful conditions. The inventory is processed at T0 (before intervention), T1 (after intervention) and T2 (4 month) by the patient and his relative. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactAndre Karger
Klinisches Institut für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Medizinische Fakultät, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Outcome results
None listed