This trial studies whether a form of psychotherapy called accelerated resolution therapy can help with cancer distress and psychological trauma. Accelerated resolution therapy is an evidence-based therapy for the treatment of depressive symptoms, trauma, and stress-related disorders. This study may provide evidence to support integration of accelerated resolution therapy into psychological treatment of cancer patients, which may decrease cancer related trauma and distress.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Calculate changes, and estimate mean changes, in primary outcomes of psychological trauma and cancer distress over a six week time period while receiving weekly accelerated resolution therapy (ART). II. Calculate changes, and estimate mean changes, in secondary outcomes of anxiety and depression over a six week period while receiving weekly ART. III. Will use a qualitative, descriptive design to explore contextual elements of the cancer experience that are consistently distressing and/or psychologically traumatic to more fully inform a future RCT testing in ART in cancer distress and psychological trauma. IV. Calculate changes, and estimate mean changes, in secondary outcomes of resilience and symptom distress over a six week period while receiving weekly ART. OUTLINE: Patients undergo ART over 60-90 minutes once a week for up to 5 sessions. After completion of study intervention, patients are followed up at 1 week and again at 1 month.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
21
Undergo ART
Ancillary studies
Mayo Clinic in Florida
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Psychological trauma
Symptoms of psychological trauma will be measured with both the Primary Care-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Screening (PC-PTSD-5) and the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5). The PCL-5 (PTSD Patient Checklist) is a 20-item self-report instrument that will be used to assess the DSM-5 symptoms of PTSD (psychological trauma). The total symptom severity score ranges from 0 to 80.
Time frame: Up to 6 weeks
Cancer distress
Cancer distress will be measured with the Cancer Treatment Distress Scale (CTxD). The CTxD is a 22 item Likert type scale that contains 6 subscales: uncertainty, health burden, identity, medical demands, finances, and family strain. Scores on individual items range from 0 (none) to 3 (severe) distress related to an aspect of the cancer experience.
Time frame: Up to 6 weeks
Anxiety
The General Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) is a measure of anxiety scored from 0 (not at all)-3 (nearly every day) scale for each item with total scores ranging from 0-21. A score of 10 or more indicates high anxiety, although a cut-score of 7 or higher has been suggested for cancer populations.
Time frame: Up to 6 weeks
Depression
The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8) is an 8 item measure of depression scoring DSM -IV criteria for depression on a 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day) scale for each item with total scores ranging from 0-24 (25). A score of 10 or more indicates depression.
Time frame: Up to 6 weeks
Resilience
The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) is a 10 item scale in which participants rate statements on a scale of 0 (not at all true) to 4 (true nearly all the time). Higher scores indicate higher levels of resilience.
Time frame: Up to 6 weeks
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Symptom distress
The Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) consists of 11-point numerical rating scales for self-report of ten common symptoms of cancer. A summary score is calculated with higher scores representing greater symptom distress.
Time frame: Up to 6 weeks