Pain Coping Skills for Colorectal Cancer Survivors
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Colorectal Cancer, Cancer |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Oncology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 21 - 80 |
| Updated: | 1/19/2019 |
| Start Date: | July 2016 |
| End Date: | October 2018 |
Pain Coping Skills Training for Colorectal Cancer Survivors With Pain and Distress
Colorectal cancer survivors experience long-term negative physical and psychosocial
consequences of their disease. There is a critical need to develop novel behavioral
interventions for improving colorectal cancer survivor outcomes. The investigators have
developed a pain management intervention for colorectal cancer survivors that focuses on
addressing both pain and psychological distress. Colorectal cancer survivors who endorse pain
and comorbid psychological distress as a concern during a clinic-based survivorship care
consult will be recruited. Participants will be randomized into either: Telephone-Based
Coping Skills Training (CST) for pain and comorbid psychological distress or standard care.
The CST condition will receive 5 sessions of a cognitive behavior theory-based protocol that
teaches coping skills (e.g., relaxation, activity pacing/planning, cognitive restructuring)
relevant to managing pain and psychological distress. The standard care control condition
will receive resources and referrals related to managing survivorship health.
consequences of their disease. There is a critical need to develop novel behavioral
interventions for improving colorectal cancer survivor outcomes. The investigators have
developed a pain management intervention for colorectal cancer survivors that focuses on
addressing both pain and psychological distress. Colorectal cancer survivors who endorse pain
and comorbid psychological distress as a concern during a clinic-based survivorship care
consult will be recruited. Participants will be randomized into either: Telephone-Based
Coping Skills Training (CST) for pain and comorbid psychological distress or standard care.
The CST condition will receive 5 sessions of a cognitive behavior theory-based protocol that
teaches coping skills (e.g., relaxation, activity pacing/planning, cognitive restructuring)
relevant to managing pain and psychological distress. The standard care control condition
will receive resources and referrals related to managing survivorship health.
Inclusion Criteria:
- >21 years old
- personal history of colorectal cancer
- finished active cancer treatment within the past 12 months
- reported pain as a concern as well as psychological distress on a National
Comprehensive Cancer Network screener
- able to speak and read English
- able and willing to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- currently undergoing active cancer treatment
- have a major mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia)
- have a mental illness that is not being treated/controlled (e.g., bipolar disorder)
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