Clinical trial · Interventional
Psychological Counselling in Diagnostic Screening
Management of Anxiety Related to Diagnostic Screenings: an Exploratory Pilot Study
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Diagnostic tests have a deep emotional impact on oncology patients. Anxiety and worries can lead people to avoid screening tests, with high risks for health. A single arm, pilot study was organized to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of psychological counselling for cancer patients who demonstrated anxiety for diagnostic tests. The hypothesis was that taking part in Psychoeducative Training could offer a new modality to reduce anxiety, before and during tests, and also the possibility to reinforce coping strategies.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychoeducative training | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Pilot group
- description
- Forty-three patients who had to undergo one or more diagnostic tests (PET, TAC, fMRI, Mammography, Endoscopy, Colonoscopy) took part in the study. Most of the 43 patients had to undergo only one diagnostic test, and only 6 patients had more than one. They have attended a psychoeducative training.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Psychoeducative training
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Proportion of patients considered drop-outs
- timeFrame
- 6 weeks after recruitment (end of treatment)
- description
- The proportion of patients considered drop-outs. A patient is considered a drop-out if he/she does not attend at least 2 out of 6 programmed meetings. This is a feasibility outcome
Secondary outcomes (11)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 25 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * age: 25 to 65 years cancer patients who must undergo diagnostic tests: TAC, PET, fMRI, Mammography, Endoscopy and Colonoscopy. * an anxiety level greater than 5 (in a scale from 0=very calm to 10=very anxious; using a self-reporting instrument created ad hoc) * signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * healthy people
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