Emotional Expression and Cancer Caregivers
This project focuses on spousal caregivers (CGs) of hematopoietic stem cell transplant
survivors - persons known to report elevated levels of distress as compared to both norms
and their patient counterparts. Specific Aims are to: (1) Determine, via experimental
manipulation, whether or not CGs of hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients engage in
protective buffering, a coping mechanism whereby partners shield patients from
illness-related concerns or worries, (2) Examine synchrony or lack thereof, desynchrony,
among subjective, expressive and biologic indicators of emotion among spousal CGs, and (3)
Test the feasibility and implementation of an emotional expression (EE) exercise designed to
enhance psychological and immune functioning among spousal CGs.
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Self-reported mental and physical health as measured by the Short Form-36 Health Survey
baseline, 1-month follow-up, and 4-month follow-up
No
Shelby Langer, PhD
Principal Investigator
FHCRC/UW Cancer Consortium
United States: Federal Government
2076.00
NCT01061801
August 2006
July 2009
Name | Location |
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Seattle, Washington 98109 |