cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Distress screening-based information provision Participants'
distress and supportive care needs will be screened by smartphone-based Japanese version of the Distress Thermometer and Problem List (DTPL-J) at week 0 and 4. DTPL-J consist of 49 items including 5 c
(2) establishing achievable goals
(3) generating solutions
(4) evaluating and choosing the solution
and (5) implementing the chosen solution and evaluating the outcome after implementation. The smartphone-based PST program (Life2Bits Inc., Japan) was developed for this study. The app development wa
Sponsors
Nagoya City University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who meet all the following criteria are eligible: (1) The patient has been notified of a diagnosis of cancer (including non-epithelial malignancies). (2) Is an outpatient and is not scheduled to be hospitalized for more than 3 days for cancer within the next 3 months. (3) The patient is between 15-39 years old at the time of consent (date of e-Consent signature). (If the patient is under 18 years of age, consent for participation in the study must be obtained from a parent or guardian.) (4) Own and use a smartphone on a daily basis and are able to answer the electric Patient Reported Outcome (e-PRO) questionnaire.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Estimated prognosis is within 6 months. (2) Currently attending psychiatry or psychosomatic medicine. (Follow-up by the palliative care team is acceptable.) (3) Patients with psychiatric symptoms that the physician deems inappropriate for participation, such as dementia, cognitive dysfunction, or severe depression with thoughts of death. (4) Difficulty in reading and writing Japanese. (5) Have participated in cognitive-behavioral therapy, including smartphone-based therapy (e.g., our previous studies; Smile Project, Smile Again Project, or Sakura Project). (6) The investigator determines that the patient is not suitable to participate in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory-Short Form (FCRI-SF) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), UCLA Loneliness Scale version 3 Japanese version short form (UCLA-LS3-J-SF), Brief Resilience Scale Japanese version (BRS-J), Euro QOL 5D-5L (EQ-5D-5L) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactYoshihiko Harada
Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine
Outcome results
None listed