Complementary and Alternative Medicine on Mental Health in Breast Cancer Patients
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Resum
Descripció
During cancer treatment, several patient experience substantial psychological distress, mainly depression and anxiety, which can persist over years after completion of treatment. These psychological impairments can aggravate symptom burden and can seriously affect health-related quality of life. Likewise, the diagnosis of cancer has not only a significant impact on the affected patients, but also on their families, and may cause emotional responses of shock, doubt, anxiety, and depression.
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been in use among cancer patients for a long time and several types of CAM that are practiced in various parts of the world. In the general among Lithuanian adult population, the use of CAM begins to seem common and the country claim for guidelines researches and to test the effectiveness of this practice to support the use of some CAM therapies on mental health of patients as well as their families.
In the St. Francis Oncology Center in Klaipeda some CAM have been applied aimed to increase the recovery and quality of life in the patients and their families. The effectiveness of different CAM therapies (Dance/movement therapy, Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Bibliotherapy and Physical Activity ) on mental health and recovery of cancer patients as well as on caregiving experiences and mental health of partners of cancer patients, it will be of great value to improve and provide a more effective service and the quality of caring in this patient as well as the continuing work of the Francis Oncology Center in Klaipeda and partners, with more higher scientific excellence and quality .
Objectives
· To assess the effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) (Dance/movement therapy, Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Bibliotherapy and Physical Activity) on mental health of cancer patients as well as their caregiver.
Dates
| Darrera verificació: | 05/31/2020 |
| Primer enviat: | 06/01/2020 |
| Inscripció estimada enviada: | 06/07/2020 |
| Publicat per primera vegada: | 06/10/2020 |
| Última actualització enviada: | 06/07/2020 |
| Publicació de l'última actualització: | 06/10/2020 |
| Data d'inici de l'estudi real: | 06/30/2020 |
| Data estimada de finalització primària: | 12/29/2020 |
| Data estimada de finalització de l’estudi: | 10/29/2021 |
Condició o malaltia
Intervenció / tractament
Other: Complementary and alternative medicines
Fase
Grups de braços
| Braç | Intervenció / tractament |
|---|---|
| Experimental: A - Music Therapy Two section a week of music therapy | |
| Experimental: B - Art Therapy Two section a week of Art therapy | |
| Experimental: C - Dance-Movement Therapy Two section a week of Dance-Movement Therapy | |
| Experimental: D - Bibliotherapy Two section a week of Bibliotherapy | |
| Experimental: E - Physical Activity Two section a week of systematized physical activity |
Criteris d'elegibilitat
| Edats elegibles per estudiar | 18 Years Per a 18 Years |
| Sexes elegibles per estudiar | All |
| Accepta voluntaris saludables | Sí |
| Criteris | Inclusion Criteria: - All adult woman with breast cancer diagnoses and their primary family caregiver Exclusion Criteria: - Insufficient physical capacity - Severe mental disorder - Inability ti give informed consent |
Resultat
Mesures de resultats primaris
1. Mental Health [Mental health (score)changes over 4 weeks intervention]
2. Quality of Life [Quality of life changes (score) over 4 weeks intervention]
