The investigators are conducting a project to provide a new type of resource called "hand lettering" to patients receiving chemotherapy. This is a type of art therapy. The goal of this project is to understand if it is feasible to use art-therapy and to describe anxiety before and after completing hand-lettering.
This study is being done to understand if it is feasible to use a form of art-therapy called hand-lettering at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. We would also like to explore the anxiety a person has before and after using hand-lettering.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
22
May help reduce anxiety of receiving chemotherapy
May help reduce anxiety of receiving chemotherapy
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Evaluate the feasibility of implementing nurse-led hand-lettering in an ambulatory infusion setting
Feasibility will be defined through enrollment and completion rates.
Time frame: 2 years
Describe patient self-reported anxiety before and after utilizing hand-lettering
Anxiety measured through the State Trait Anxiety Index.
Time frame: 2 years
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