The Effect of Cognitive Behavior Intervention on Psychological Distress of Cancer Patients and Their Family Members

Evaluation of the Effect of Cognitive Behavior Intervention on Psychological Distress of Cancer Patients and Their Family Members

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00279474

Enrollment

320

Registered

2006-01-19

Start date

2004-07-31

Completion date

2005-12-31

Last updated

2006-01-19

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Conditions

Cancer

Keywords

cancer patients, family, cognitive behavior, distress

Brief summary

Detailed description

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of cognitive behavior group intervention with cancer patients and their family members. Around 80 cancer patients and their family members will participate in group intervention and will be compared with 80 controls (randomized control study). Brief Symptom Inventory,Fatigue inventory, Mini Sleep Questionnaire and repression-sensitization questionnaire will be answered by the participants pre-, post-intervention and after four months.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALcognitive-behavior groups

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Hebrew speaking

Exclusion criteria

* psychiatric condition

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Reduction in psychological distress, level of fatigue and sleep problems	—

Countries

Israel

Contacts

Primary ContactMiri Cohen

cohenm@research.haifa.ac.il972 523 688623

Backup ContactGeorgeta Fried

972 4 853018

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026