Clinical trial NCT06123416: Emotion Regulation and Cancer Caregiving
Official title: Emotion Regulation and Cancer Caregiving
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Breast Cancer
Cancer
Healthy
Emotions
Lead sponsor: Stanford University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: U.S. National Science Foundation
First posted: 2023-11-08
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 21
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Nonrecurrent breast cancer patients and their caregivers (unpaid person who is close to the patient and provides emotional, medical and/or financial support).

Brief summary: The purpose of the study is to determine how the behaviors of cancer caregivers can impact patients.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

All participants must:

* Be 21 years or older
* Have access to a computer with internet access

Patients must:

* Be women
* Have a diagnosis of breast cancer (non-recurrent)

Caregivers must be:

-The patient's caregiver (providing support to the patient)

Exclusion Criteria:

Participants must not be:

-Younger than 21 years

Patients must not:

* Be men
* Have a diagnosis other than breast cancer (non-recurrent)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Emotion Regulation Questionnaire
timeFrame: Baseline through 3 months post-intervention
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Stanford
country: United States
facility: Stanford University
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: Stanford University
name: Lameese Eldesouky, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Stanford University
name: James Gross, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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