Cancer: Breast & prostate Cancer Breast & prostate
Conditions
Interventions
Theoretical framework: psychological interventions have been known to improve quality of life, functioning, well being and immunity in early stage cancer. Similar studies are needed in late stage canc
Sponsors
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age above 18 (age of consent) 2. Women with advanced breast cancer (study involves cancer patients and breast cancer is one of the commonest forms of cancer in women) 3. Men with advanced prostate cancer (study involves cancer patients and prostate cancer is one of the commonest forms of cancer in men)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Significant psychological distress - it is not ethical to include them as they may benefit from treatment with medication. 2. Current treatment with medication for psychological distress, unless they have been stable on them for more than a year - inclusion of such people will confound the results of the study as it would be difficult to say whether improvement is due to medication or the intervention. 3. Those who are unable to understand, read or write in English - a currently all the material is only available in English. 4. Those who have severe memory impairment - as they may not be able to learn and use the strategies.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Well being | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life, functioning. | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed