The Effect of Art Therapy on Physical and Psychological Symptoms of Breast Cancer Survivors

NCT02982421 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 0304-16-RMC
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 20
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Art Therapy is a health profession in which art making is utilized as a means of expression and communication within a therapeutic and supportive relationship \[1\]. Art therapy has been shown to reduce psychological (anxiety, negative mood) and physical (pain, fatigue) symptoms which accompany many breast cancer patients and survivors \[2-7\]. Qualitative studies provide an initial understanding of the mechanisms through which art therapy facilitates symptom reduction \[8\]. Breast cancer patients have reported that art therapy provided them with access to emotional material otherwise inaccessible \[9\]. The goal of this study is to examine the effect of art making within a therapeutic framework on emotional awareness and acceptance.

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Quality of Life: The FACT-B (Hahn et al, 2015)

  36 item scale

  Change from study start to end of intervention (8 weeks)

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• The levels of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS; Lane et al, 1990)

  Change from study start to end of intervention (8 weeks)

• Acceptance of Emotion Scale (AE; Weihs et al, 2008)

  Change from study start to end of intervention (8 weeks)

• Emotional Approach Coping scales (Stanton et al., 2000)

  Change from study start to end of intervention (8 weeks)

• The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)(Carlson & Brown, 2005).

  Change from study start to end of intervention (8 weeks)

• Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) (Cohen, 1997)

  Change from study start to end of intervention (8 weeks)

Study Arms (2)

Research

EXPERIMENTAL

Group Art Therapy

Behavioral: Group art therapy

Control

SHAM COMPARATOR

Participants will receive Psychoeducational material in the form of a lecture and will engage in the coloring of mandalas.

Behavioral: Control

Interventions

Group art therapy BEHAVIORAL

Participants will engage in an art therapy group tailored at emotion expression related to the experience of breast cancer survivorship.

Research

Control BEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive Psychoeducational material in the form of a lecture and will engage in the coloring of mandalas.

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Adult women (over age 18), breast cancer survivors without evidence of active illness, hebrew speaking and receiving preventative hormonal therapy for at least 6 months (steady state), receiving care at the survivor's clinic of Davidoff Medical Center

You may not qualify if:

• A psychiatric diagnosis requiring medication, functional difficulties that affect the ability to handle art supplies, non-hebrew speaking, unwilling to answer the research questionnaires

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Rabin Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Rabin Medical center

Petah Tikva, Israel, 49100, Israel

Location

Related Publications (9)

• Uttley L, Stevenson M, Scope A, Rawdin A, Sutton A. The clinical and cost effectiveness of group art therapy for people with non-psychotic mental health disorders: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis. BMC Psychiatry. 2015 Jul 7;15:151. doi: 10.1186/s12888-015-0528-4.

  PMID: 26149275 BACKGROUND

• Archer S, Buxton S, Sheffield D. The effect of creative psychological interventions on psychological outcomes for adult cancer patients: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Psychooncology. 2015 Jan;24(1):1-10. doi: 10.1002/pon.3607. Epub 2014 Jun 21.

  PMID: 24953449 BACKGROUND

• Monti DA, Peterson C, Kunkel EJ, Hauck WW, Pequignot E, Rhodes L, Brainard GC. A randomized, controlled trial of mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT) for women with cancer. Psychooncology. 2006 May;15(5):363-73. doi: 10.1002/pon.988.

  PMID: 16288447 BACKGROUND

• Nainis N, Paice JA, Ratner J, Wirth JH, Lai J, Shott S. Relieving symptoms in cancer: innovative use of art therapy. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2006 Feb;31(2):162-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.07.006.

  PMID: 16488349 BACKGROUND

• Oster I, Svensk AC, Magnusson E, Thyme KE, Sjodin M, Astrom S, Lindh J. Art therapy improves coping resources: a randomized, controlled study among women with breast cancer. Palliat Support Care. 2006 Mar;4(1):57-64. doi: 10.1017/s147895150606007x.

  PMID: 16889324 BACKGROUND

• Svensk AC, Oster I, Thyme KE, Magnusson E, Sjodin M, Eisemann M, Astrom S, Lindh J. Art therapy improves experienced quality of life among women undergoing treatment for breast cancer: a randomized controlled study. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2009 Jan;18(1):69-77. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.00952.x.

  PMID: 19473224 BACKGROUND

• Thyme KE, Sundin EC, Wiberg B, Oster I, Astrom S, Lindh J. Individual brief art therapy can be helpful for women with breast cancer: a randomized controlled clinical study. Palliat Support Care. 2009 Mar;7(1):87-95. doi: 10.1017/S147895150900011X.

  PMID: 19619378 BACKGROUND

• Boehm K, Cramer H, Staroszynski T, Ostermann T. Arts therapies for anxiety, depression, and quality of life in breast cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:103297. doi: 10.1155/2014/103297. Epub 2014 Feb 26.

  PMID: 24817896 BACKGROUND

• Collie K, Bottorff JL, Long BC. A narrative view of art therapy and art making by women with breast cancer. J Health Psychol. 2006 Sep;11(5):761-75. doi: 10.1177/1359105306066632.

  PMID: 16908471 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Rinat Yerushalmi, MD

  Oncology Department, RMC

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Tal Granot, MA, RN

  Davidoff Cancer Center, RMC

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Noga Sela, BA, RN

  Oncology, RMC

  STUDY CHAIR

• Sylvia Drier, MA, RN

  Davidoff Cancer Center, RMC

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Johanna Czamanski-Cohen, PhD

CONTACT

+972532775350; joczamanski@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 24, 2016
• First Posted: December 5, 2016
• Study Start: December 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2017
• Study Completion: June 1, 2017
• Last Updated: December 5, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

IL (1)