Clinical trial NCT03705052: Patient's and Caregiver's Expectations and Preferences Concerning Art Therapy Activities for Cancer Support
Official title: Patient's and Caregiver's Expectations and Preferences Concerning Art Therapy Activities for Cancer Support in Light of Founding an Art Therapy Centre
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cancer
Psychological Distress
Keywords: Art therapy
surveys and questionnaires
patient
caregiver
Lead sponsor: General Hospital Groeninge
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-10-15
Enrollment: 169
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

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.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Response rate
timeFrame: At study inclusion
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Activities of interest assessed by questionnary
timeFrame: At study inclusion
measure: Preference on organization of activities evaluated by questionnary
timeFrame: At study inclusion
measure: Patient or caregiver characteristics (sex, age, diagnosis) collected by questionnary
timeFrame: At study inclusion
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kortrijk
country: Belgium
facility: General Hospital Groeninge, Cancer Center
Study officials:
affiliation: General Hospital Groeninge
name: Philip Derbuyne, MD, PhD, MSc, FRCP
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Visser A, Op 't Hoog M. Education of creative art therapy to cancer patients: evaluation and effects. J Cancer Educ. 2008;23(2):80-4. doi: 10.1080/08858190701821204.
citation: Geue K, Goetze H, Buttstaedt M, Kleinert E, Richter D, Singer S. An overview of art therapy interventions for cancer patients and the results of research. Complement Ther Med. 2010 Jun-Aug;18(3-4):160-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2010.04.001. Epub 2010 May 15.
citation: Bar-Sela G, Atid L, Danos S, Gabay N, Epelbaum R. Art therapy improved depression and influenced fatigue levels in cancer patients on chemotherapy. Psychooncology. 2007 Nov;16(11):980-4. doi: 10.1002/pon.1175.
citation: Walsh SM, Martin SC, Schmidt LA. Testing the efficacy of a creative-arts intervention with family caregivers of patients with cancer. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2004;36(3):214-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2004.04040.x.