E-intervention on Subclinical Fear of Cancer Recurrence
Conquering Fear Online: a Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial Assessing the Efficacy and Feasibility of an Internet-based Self-management Intervention on Subclinical Fear of Cancer Recurrence
The University of Hong Kong
48 participants
May 2, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The present study aims to adapt a metacognition-based ConquerFear-HK to an internet-based self-management intervention, namely eConquerFear-HK and evaluate in a randomised controlled trial, its feasibility, utility, and potential effectiveness on fear of cancer recurrence reduction among local Chinese cancer survivors with subclinical fear of cancer recurrence.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria5
- Cantonese- or Mandarin-speaking Chinese cancer survivors
- recently diagnosed with potentially curable (stage 0 to III) colorectal or breast cancer
- had recently completed surgery as primary treatment
- have completed hospital-based adjuvant treatments (including radiotherapy and chemotherapy) within the past six months
- scored 13 to 21 on the fear of cancer recurrence-short form will be recruited.
Exclusion Criteria5
- non-Chinese ethnicity
- metastatic cancer
- with current diagnosis of depression or psychosis or are currently receiving psychological treatments
- language or intellectual difficulties that prevent them from understanding the intervention content
- having limited or no Internet access.
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Interventions
The key goals of the intervention are to: (i) teach strategies for controlling worry and excessive threat monitoring; (ii) modify underlying unhelpful MCQ beliefs about worry; (iii) develop appropriate monitoring and screening behaviours, (iv) encourage acceptance of the uncertainty brought about by a cancer diagnosis, and (v) clarify values and encourage engagement in values-based goal setting.
Basic Cancer Care serves as an active comparator and is not developed specifically to target fear of cancer recurrence through modifying participants' cognitive beliefs. Participants in this arm will receive 6 videos about relaxation, generic dietary and exercise knowledge.
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NCT06207006