NCT07052110Recruiting
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
- Diseases
- Childhood cancers
- 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
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR China | Recruiting |
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