Patient's and Caregiver's Expectations and Preferences Concerning Art Therapy Activities for Cancer Support

Patient's and Caregiver's Expectations and Preferences Concerning Art Therapy Activities for Cancer Support in Light of Founding an Art Therapy Centre

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03705052

Acronym

PREFERENCE

Enrollment

169

Registered

2018-10-15

Start date

2018-05-22

Completion date

2018-08-22

Last updated

2018-10-15

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Conditions

Cancer, Psychological Distress

Keywords

Art therapy, surveys and questionnaires, patient, caregiver

Brief summary

Cancer patients and their caregivers often experience difficulties in coping with the cancer diagnosis and the treatment that follows. Creative art therapy could support cancer patients and their caregivers in coping with these issues by using their creativity and self-expression. The aim of this study for the investigator's research team is to create a clear image of what cancer patients and their caregivers expect of supportive care to help them coping with cancer diagnosis, cancer therapy and life after cancer. This is a prospective, interventional study. Cancer patients and their caregivers will be approached to participate in this study. They will be asked to complete a questionnaire about their satisfaction with the current support they get to help them coping with cancer diagnosis, cancer therapy and life after cancer and whether they would like to participate in an art therapy program, which art therapy forms they would like to participate in, how they would like them to be organized, etc.

Interventions

OTHERQuestionnaire

Patients and caregivers were asked to complete a questionnaire

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Dutch speaking patients and caregivers * Patients and caregivers presenting at the outpatient clinic, including the day-care clinic and follow up visits

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Response rate	At study inclusion

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Activities of interest assessed by questionnary	At study inclusion
Preference on organization of activities evaluated by questionnary	At study inclusion
Patient or caregiver characteristics (sex, age, diagnosis) collected by questionnary	At study inclusion

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

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