Digestive System Neoplasms, Thoracic Neoplasms
Conditions
Keywords
Emotional Intelligence, Quality of Life
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to test whether a short educational intervention about emotional skills can improve survivor cancer patient emotional skills and quality of life. Half of participants will follow the educational intervention about emotional skills, while the other half will practice relaxation followed by a non-directive talking group. The educational intervention should give better results on patient emotional skills and quality of life than the control group.
Detailed description
After the end of treatments, cancer patients face a difficult time because it is expected that they return to normal, but at the same time they still have to struggle with the aftermath of cancer and fear of recurrence. This is why there is room in this period for an intervention designed to help patients to cope with their emotions. . Patient emotional skills are patient abilities to identify, express and manage their emotions for the best possible psychological adjustment. In general population, emotional skills have been shown to be highly related to a better quality of life. In this randomized controlled study, bronchopulmonary and oesogastric cancer patients between 6 months and 2 years after the end of treatments will undergo either the emotional skills intervention (intervention group) or the relaxation group (control group).
Interventions
BEHAVIORALRelaxation and talking group
2-hour 3 group sessions
BEHAVIORALEmotional skills
2-hour 3 group sessions
Sponsors
SIRIC ONCOLille
Santelys Association
University Hospital, Lille
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* ≥18 ans, * Oesogastric or bronchopulmonary cancer patients between 6 months and 2 years after the end of cancer treatments * Patient of the CHRU (Regional Teaching Hospital) of Lille, * Registered with a social security scheme * Speak and understand French language * Signature of the informed consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion criteria
* Cognitive disorders or unstabilized psychiatric disorders that may impair the ability of reasoning and thinking necessary to complete the questionnaires and attend workshops * Difficulty or deficiency that prevent the patient from a good understanding of the imperatives of the research * Any situation likely to significantly affect emotional competence during the study according to the investigator's judgment (in particular, ongoing psychotherapy ) * Patients under judicial protection (guardianship or curators).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in patient emotional skills from baseline to 15 days after intervention | Baseline and 15 days after the end of the intervention | Variation of patient-reported Short Profile of Emotional Competence (S-PEC)questionnaire score from baseline to 15 days after the intervention (between 1 and 3 months) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient emotional skills long term | T1 (15 days after the end of the intervention) and T2 (2 months after T1) : 2 months | Variation of patient-reported PEC (Profile of Emotional Competence) questionnaire score |
| Quality of life by Medical Outcome Study Health Survey Short Form-36 (MOS SF-36) | Baseline (T0), 15 days after the end of the intervention (T1), 2 months | Patient-reported health-related quality of life using the Medical Outcome Study Health Survey Short Form-36 (MOS SF-36) |
| Patient participation in workshops | Between 2 weeks and 2 months | The percentage of patients who have attended the 3 group sessions |
| Patient adherence to exercises to do at home between sessions | Between 2 weeks and 2 months | The percentage of patients who have performed the suggested exercises at home between sessions |
| Patient satisfaction | T1 (15 days after the end of the intervention) and T2 (2 months after T1) | Patient-reported satisfaction regarding the intervention using and ad hoc questionnaire |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed