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NCT Number: NCT01220960

Art Therapy Intervention for Breast Cancer Patients

As studies continue to debate the effects of quality of life on survival, increased attention is being focused on investigating complementary alternative therapies to boost overall total health in cancer patients . Art therapy is an interesting growing field, which has shown promise to positively influence quality of life in the pediatric and adult oncology population alike. As there is a paucity of well controlled complete studies in this field, the investigators propose to study the impact of art therapy sessions in women with breast cancer with quantitative and qualitative analysis of emotional health and physical symptoms.

The results of the investigators study will have widespread applicability to oncology programs that wish to offer/implement such sessions to their palliative and non-palliative outpatients in an effort to address the important concept of whole person care.

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Key information

Conditions

Breast Cancer Breast Diseases Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Skin Diseases Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Cedars Breast Centre\ Royal Victoria Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A1, Canada

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Any woman 18-years or older
  • Stage I to III breast cancer (first time diagnosis)
  • Minimum of 6 weeks Post Operative status

Treatment and study plan

Art therapy

Other

Art therapy sessions, 2 hours in duration, 1 session/week, 8 continuous weeks of sessions. Each group will be limited to eight women as space is limited.

Primary outcomes

  1. Quality of Life (emotional distress, physical symptoms,self-efficacy and well-being)

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    To investigate whether the implementation of an 8 week art therapy course in post-operative outpatient breast cancer patients can alleviate/improve

    • Emotional distress as assessed by the Hospital Depression and Anxiety Scale (HADS) (please see below for details)
    • Physical symptoms as assessed by the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS)
    • Meaning making as assessed by The Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) and the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp-12).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Ability to find and create meaning after the psychosocial impact of a breast cancer diagnosis

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    To investigate qualitatively how group art therapy can address the psychosocial impacts of breast cancer, including the challenges of finding and creating meaning following a recent diagnosis of breast cancer.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Dr. Sarkis Meterissian

Other

Collaborators

  • The Cedars Cancer Institute

Registry information

Official study title

A Mixed Methods Approach to Evaluating How Art Therapy Can Benefit Women Recently Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2013
First posted
Oct 14, 2010
Registry last updated
Oct 25, 2013

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