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DST in Reducing Depressive Symptoms, Enhancing Self-esteem, and Promoting Quality of Life Among CCSs

Listening to the Patient's Cancer Journey: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Digital Storytelling (DST) in Reducing Depressive Symptoms, Enhancing Self-esteem, and Promoting Quality of Life Among Hong Kong Chinese Childhood Cancer Survivors

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 12 Mar 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of Digital storytelling (DST) in reducing depressive symptoms, enhancing self-esteem, and promoting quality of life among Chinese survivors of childhood cancer. Participants in the experimental group will be divided into groups of 6 to 8 childhood cancer survivors to receive the intervention, which comprises four workshops. Each workshop will last 2.5 hours and will be conducted by a qualified interventionist. Parents are not required to attend the workshop. The investigators will provide a waiting room for them. Parents will also be provided with a leaflet developed by Hong Kong Department of Health which contains self-help material for depression. No intervention will be carried out among participants in the control group. However, customary care including medical follow-up, medication prescription, and nursing interventions will be provided, as usual. Parents will also be provided with a leaflet containing self-help materials for depression.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
248 (estimated)
First submitted
26 Jun 2025
Start date
16 Oct 2023
Primary completion date
12 Sept 2026
Lead sponsor
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
NCT number
NCT07052110

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 248
  • From 16 Oct 2023 to the primary completion date, 12 Sept 2026
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other

  • survivors with mental and behavioural problems documented in their medical records.

Who the study is looking for

  • (1) age between 13 and 18 years;
  • (2) able to speak Cantonese and read Chinese; and
  • (3) completed the active treatment of cancer.

Age in the registry: 13 years to 18 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Hong KongHong Kong SAR ChinaRecruiting

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