NCT03021603

Evaluation on the Effects of a Brief Hope Intervention to the Symptoms in the Palliative Care Patients

Status unknown NA Last updated 23 January 2017

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Brief Hope Intervention in Psychological in 40 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

1 March 2017

Primary endpoint
30 April 2018

1 May 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	supportive care
Enrollment	40
Start date	1 March 2017
Primary completion	30 April 2018
Estimated completion	1 May 2018

Drugs / interventions tested

• Brief Hope Intervention

Conditions studied

• Psychological — all drugs for Psychological →

Sponsor

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Psychological. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Aims. This paper describes the study protocol of a manualized brief positive intervention (BHI). In addition, it reports the on the modification of a hope intervention based on the theoretical proposition - hope theory, and its feasibility when applying to palliative cancer and non-cancer patients.

Background. Hope was found to account for therapeutic changes in clients with depressive symptoms or chronic pain. Nevertheless, little is known about the integration of such active ingredients to brief and low intensity psycho-therapeutic interventions to patients receiving palliative care were not adequately tested.

Design. The study included two stages: (1) manual development, and (2) a single blinded randomized controlled trial.

Methods. Participants will be randomly assigned in equal number into either the brief hope intervention or the controlled arm on completion of the baseline assessment. Participants of the intervention group will be receiving the four-week intervention, while those allocated to the control arm will be receiving the routine care and social chats. The intervention is a manualized program that consists of four sessions at weekly intervals (two face to face sessions and two telephone follow up in between). The core content is modified from an eight sessions hope therapy. Expert panel feedback and trial on targeted populations were completed. Four participants received the program to determine its acceptability prior to feasibility testing. The process and practical considerations were evaluated to allow refinement of the program and to ensure the quality of intervention.

Outcome measures comprise of changes in state hope score and the depression scores measured respectively by State Hope Scale and Centre for Epidemiological Study Depression Scale. The secondary outcomes are the common signs and symptoms in cancer patients measured by The Condensed Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale. Data collection will be done prior to the intervention (baseline), immediately and one month after the intervention. Additional use of qualitative interview to explore their experiences in the intervention, including satisfaction with the intervention and the treatment fidelity will be conducted.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.