Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention utilizing the Five Love Languages on quality of life (pain, depression, and anxiety) of cancer patients.
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL5 Love Languages
Emotional support will be given through utilizing the patient/partners specific Love Language (physical touch, words of affirmation, gifts, quality time, and acts of service).
Sponsors
University of Texas at Austin
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Patients diagnosed with cancer with a significant other who attend a Texas Oncology couples support group will serve as the study population
Exclusion criteria
* N/A
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain | 6 weeks | Pain will be measured through the MD Anderson Cancer Center Brief Pain Inventory and improvement will be measured by change in pain scale score (ranging from 0=no pain to 10= pain as bad as you can imagine) from pre to post survey. |
| Depression | 6 weeks | Depression will be measured through the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) scoring from 0 being not at all to 3 nearly every day of depression symptoms and improvement will be measured in by change in total scoring. |
| Anxiety | 6 weeks | Anxiety will be measured through the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scoring from 0 being not at all to 3 nearly every day of anxiety symptoms and improvement will be measured in by change in total scoring. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Relationship Quality | 6 weeks | This research study is also expected to measure improvement in the relationship of the cancer patient with their significant other. This improvement in relationship will be measured through the Funk and Rogge Couples Satisfaction Index which contains various scales from 0-6 or 0-5 with lowest satisfaction being 0 and highest being 5/6 and improvement will be measured in change in score from pre to post survey. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed