The effect of religious/spiritual psychotherapy on the Physical and Psychological health among women patients with breast cancer

The effect of religious/spiritual psychotherapy on improvement of illness perception, inner strength promotion and serum level of CA15-3 among women patients with breast cancer

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2016090529715N1

Enrollment

Registered

2017-08-11

Start date

2016-09-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Condition 1: Breast cancer. Condition 2: Depression. Condition 3: anxiety. Malignant neoplasm of breast Depressive episode Other anxiety disorders

Interventions

Lifestyle

Intervention 1: intervention group: undergoes ten 90-minute sessions of individual spiritual-religious psychotherapy including God consciousness, prayer, endeavor, kindness and forgiveness, hope, Isl

intervention group: undergoes ten 90-minute sessions of individual spiritual-religious psychotherapy including God consciousness, prayer, endeavor, kindness and forgiveness, hope, Islamic meaning and

placebo group: undergoes a few neutral individual consultation sessions

Control group: routine care

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

25 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: female; pathology report of malignant neoplasm of breast; breast surgery; Completion of chemotherapy and radiation therapy; Having informed consent exclusion criteria: age under 25 or over 60; Metastatic disease; Having serious or chronic medical conditions

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Illness perception. Timepoint: Before intervention, Immediately after the end of the intervention, and Four months after the end of the intervention in the follow-up period. Method of measurement: illness perception questionnaire.;Inner strength. Timepoint: Before intervention, Immediately after the end of the intervention, and Four months after the end of the intervention in the follow-up period. Method of measurement: inner strength questionnaire.;Serum level of CA 15-3 tumor marker. Timepoint: Before intervention, Immediately after the end of the intervention, and Four months after the end of the intervention in the follow-up period. Method of measurement: blood test.	—

Measure

Time frame

Illness perception. Timepoint: Before intervention, Immediately after the end of the intervention, and Four months after the end of the intervention in the follow-up period. Method of measurement: illness perception questionnaire.;Inner strength. Timepoint: Before intervention, Immediately after the end of the intervention, and Four months after the end of the intervention in the follow-up period. Method of measurement: inner strength questionnaire.;Serum level of CA 15-3 tumor marker. Timepoint: Before intervention, Immediately after the end of the intervention, and Four months after the end of the intervention in the follow-up period. Method of measurement: blood test.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Anxiety and depression. Timepoint: Before intervention, Immediately after the end of the intervention, and Four months after the end of the intervention in the follow-up period. Method of measurement: dss questionnaire.;Spiritual health. Timepoint: Before intervention, Immediately after the end of the intervention, and Four months after the end of the intervention in the follow-up period. Method of measurement: spiritual health questionnaire.	—

Measure

Time frame

Anxiety and depression. Timepoint: Before intervention, Immediately after the end of the intervention, and Four months after the end of the intervention in the follow-up period. Method of measurement: dss questionnaire.;Spiritual health. Timepoint: Before intervention, Immediately after the end of the intervention, and Four months after the end of the intervention in the follow-up period. Method of measurement: spiritual health questionnaire.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactSafoora Davari

Semnan University

sdavari@semnan.ac.ir; davarisafoora51@yahoo.com+98 23 3362 4250

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026