Clinical trial · Interventional
The Effectiveness of Bibliotherapy on Emotional Distress, Coping Strategies and Resilience of Adolescents With Cancer
The Effectiveness of Bibliotherapy on Improving Emotional Distress and Coping Strategies and Enhancing Resilience of Adolescents With Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- 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)
Adolescents with cancer who were diagnosed within two years suffered severe emotional distress. Bibliotherapy therapy uses healing materials as a medium to enable individuals experiencing emotional distress to obtain emotional healing through story situations, thereby enhancing resilience. However, there is a lack of research on bibliotherapy in adolescents with cancer. Therefore, the investigators would like to evaluate the effectiveness of interactive bibliotherapy in improving emotional distress and coping strategies and enhancing the resilience of adolescents with cancer compared to reading bibliotherapy.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emotional Distress | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pediatric Cancer | Childhood Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| interactive bibliotherapy | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| reading bibliotherapy | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- interactive bibliotherapy
- description
- All adolescents enrolled in the experimental group will receive two times of interactive bibliotherapy with an interval of 7 to 14 days. The researcher will read the story to the participant and then discuss it with him/her.
- interventionNames
- Other: interactive bibliotherapy
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- reading bibliotherapy
- description
- All adolescents enrolled in the comparison group will receive two times of reading bibliotherapy with an interval of 7 to 14 days. The participant will read the story alone.
- interventionNames
- Other: reading bibliotherapy
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 10 Years
- Maximum age
- 19 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Adolescents aged 10 to 19 years. * Adolescents were diagnosed with leukemia or osteosarcoma. * Adolescents were diagnosed with cancer or relapsed during the first two years. * Adolescents who have received cancer treatment. * Adolescents who can read picture books and communicate with Chinese. Exclusion Criteria: * Adolescents who have psychiatric history.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDWu TJ, Sheih CS, Jou ST, Lee CY, Yu TY, Liu CY, Chen CW. Effects of bibliotherapy on emotional distress, coping strategies, and resilience in adolescents with cancer: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2025 Jun;76:102900. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2025.102900. Epub 2025 May 10. PMID 40381380