Adaptation of Individual Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Chinese Immigrant Cancer Patients

Status:	Completed
Conditions:	Cancer
Therapuetic Areas:	Oncology
Healthy:	No
Age Range:	21 - 80
Updated:	2/21/2019
Start Date:	April 2014
End Date:	February 15, 2019

Adaptation of Individual Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Chinese

The purpose of the study is to modify a type of counseling called "Individual Meaning
Centered Psychotherapy" to meet the needs of Chinese cancer patients. Many cancer patients
use counseling or other resources to help cope with the emotional burden of their illnesses.
Counseling often helps them cope with cancer by giving them a place to express their
feelings. "Meaning-Centered" counseling aims to teach cancer patients how to maintain or even
increase a sense of meaning and purpose in their lives, despite cancer.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Non-US born;

- Of Chinese descent;

- Age 21 years through 80 years;

- Language spoken: Mandarin and/or English

- Diagnosis of Stage IV cancer (any type).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Presence of cognitive impairment disorder (e.g., delirium or dementia) sufficient to
preclude meaningful informed consent and/or data collection. The Chinese version of
the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) (46) will be used as a cognitive screening
tool. Patients with MMSE scores below 20 will be excluded. For English speaking
patients we will use the English version of the MMSE.

- Has a household member who has already participated (or agreed to participate).

We found this trial at

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Queens Hospital Center

Jamaica, New York 11432

Principal Investigator: Margaret Kemeny, MD

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Jamaica, NY