Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Cancer, Post-traumatic growth, Emotional competence, Emotional distress
Brief summary
The study focuses on post-traumatic growth (positive changes linked to appreciation of life, personal strengths, social relationships...) in the context of different types of cancer and with a longitudinal approach to the care pathway. The aim of the study is to better understand whether psychological variables (emotional competence, psychological flexibility, psychological distress) and patients' care satisfaction, assessed at the start of the cancer treatment pathway, can influence their post-traumatic growth at the end of the chemotherapy protocol and 6 months later.
Interventions
OTHERInterviews with a psychologist/psychiatrist
All patients with a high score (≥11) on the HADS anxiety and/or depressive symptoms scale and who are not already receiving known psychological treatment or treatment mentioned in the file will be contacted by telephone by the investigator or a qualified person designated by him/her in order to conduct a telephone interview with the patient and refer him/her to a psychologist or psychiatrist if necessary. The number and percentage of consultations with a psychologist or psychiatrist following this telephone interview will be calculated in order to highlight the benefits of such a practice (HADS assessment + telephone interview with +/- referral) for earlier and easier referral. Depending on the number of patients contacted, consideration may be given to testing the effect of this approach on post-traumatic development.
Sponsors
Ligue contre le cancer, France
Centre Oscar Lambret
Centre de Cancérologie Les Dentellières
Clinique Teissier
Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, Lille
Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes
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
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients over 18 years of age * Patients in the initial phase of curative treatment for a 1st solid cancer * At the start of neo-adjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy (1st course or 2nd course) * At less than 6 months from the initial diagnosis * Patient having given written consent to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with a previous history of cancer * Patients with incurable cancer progression, recurrence or relapse * Metastatic, brain, hematological or skin cancer * Patients who have difficulty understanding written French * Patient psychologically or physically unable to answer questionnaires
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Post-traumatic growth | T1 : At the beginning of chemotherapy | Post-traumatic growth will be assessed using a 21-item self-report questionnaire and a Likert scale ranging from 0 (Not at all) to 4 (Totally), the Posttraumatic growth inventory (PTGI), which has been revalidated in French (Dubuy et al., 2022) in 4 dimensions: new direction for life (6 items), personal abilities (6 items), spiritual change (2 items) and relationships with others (7 items). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anxiety and depression symptoms | T1 : At the beginning of chemotherapy | Anxiety and depressive symptoms were assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), validated in French (Razavi et al., 1989), comprising 14 items and 2 dimensions (anxiety and depression). |
| Psychological flexibility | T1 : At the beginning of chemotherapy | Psychological flexibility is assessed using the multidimensional psychological flexibility inventory (MPFI-24), validated in French (Grégoire et al., 2020), consisting of 24 items and 2 dimensions (flexibility and inflexibility). |
| Satisfaction of supportive care needs | T1 : At the beginning of chemotherapy | Patients' satisfaction of supportive care needs are assessed using the Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS), validated in French (Brédart et al., 2012), comprising 34 items and 5 dimensions (Physical and daily life, psychological and emotional, sexuality, information, care system). |
| Emotional competence | T1 : At the beginning of chemotherapy | Emotional competence are assessed using the Profile of Emotional Competence (S-PEC), validated in French (Baudry et al., 2020), comprising 13 items and 2 dimensions (intrapersonal and interpersonal emotional skills). |
Countries
France
Contacts
Primary ContactAnne-Sophie Baudry
Outcome results
None listed