Comparing the effectiveness of awareness and emotional expression therapy with acceptance and commitment based therapy on pain, fatigue related to cancer and anger

Comparison of the effectiveness of Awareness and Emotional Expression Therapy (EAET) with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in pain intensity, cancer-related fatigue, and anger levels of Female patients with breast cancer

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20240615062139N1

Enrollment

Registered

2024-09-07

Start date

2024-10-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-09-16

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Conditions

Intensity of pain and anger and fatigue related to cancer in patients with breast cancer.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Intervention group: The first intervention group includes Emotional Awareness and expression therapy sessions, which are held in group therapy sessions over 8 sess

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

18 Years to 50 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All women aged 18 to 50 with breast cancer with secondary education and above who are in the second stage of the disease.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who were regularly practicing yoga, meditation or mindfulness Patients who were in the stage higher than the second stage of breast cancer disease Patients who are illiterate or very old and it is difficult to get information from them

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pain intensity. Timepoint: The initial measurement of the intensity of pain, before the intervention, the second measurement immediately after the end of the group therapy sessions and the third measurement two months after the end of the sessions. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale is used to measure pain intensity.;Anger. Timepoint: The initial measurement before the intervention, the second measurement immediately after the end of the group therapy sessions and the third measurement two months after the end of the sessions. Method of measurement: Siegel's Multidimensional Anger Scale.;Fatigue. Timepoint: The initial measurement before the intervention, the second measurement immediately after the end of the group therapy sessions and the third measurement two months after the end of the sessions. Method of measurement: Cancer-Related Fatigue Scale.	—

Measure

Time frame

Pain intensity. Timepoint: The initial measurement of the intensity of pain, before the intervention, the second measurement immediately after the end of the group therapy sessions and the third measurement two months after the end of the sessions. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale is used to measure pain intensity.;Anger. Timepoint: The initial measurement before the intervention, the second measurement immediately after the end of the group therapy sessions and the third measurement two months after the end of the sessions. Method of measurement: Siegel's Multidimensional Anger Scale.;Fatigue. Timepoint: The initial measurement before the intervention, the second measurement immediately after the end of the group therapy sessions and the third measurement two months after the end of the sessions. Method of measurement: Cancer-Related Fatigue Scale.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactSomayeh Alinasab

Islamic Azad University

alinasab.somaye1392@gmail.com+98 21 5654 1059

Outcome results

None listed

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