RecruitingNCT06127121

A Digital Art Activity to Enhance Self-Disclosure and the Detection of Psycho-social Distress in Adult Cancer Patients

Sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Enrollment

60 participants

Start Date

Nov 2, 2023

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Cancer

Summary

To look at how a digital art activity may help cancer patients improve their ability to express their distress, symptoms, and lived experience.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria5

Age equal or greater than 18 years
Patients who are admitted in the hospital and have received a cancer diagnosis.
Suffering from solid cancer or hematological malignancy and receiving active treatment for their cancer.
Voluntary written consent.
Fluent in English or Spanish.

Exclusion Criteria4

Not being able to use a digital tablet
Being speech impaired or vision impaired
Patients who are cognitively impaired and unable to read or consent for the study
Pregnant women

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALDigital Art Activity

* complete a symptom questionnaire * complete another activity such as listening to meditative music for 10 minutes * fill out the symptom questionnaire and engage in the digital art activity again