A Nurse Led Project to Introduce Hand Lettering as a Form of Creative Art Expression to Patients in an Ambulatory Oncology Setting

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Anxiety

In brief

The investigators are conducting a project to provide a new type of resource called "hand lettering" to patients receiving chemotherapy. This is a type of art therapy. The goal of this project is to understand if it is feasible to use art-therapy and to describe anxiety before and after completing hand-lettering.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03291730

Run by

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

People needed

22

Starts

2018-01-09

Expected to finish

2018-06-05

Last updated by the study team

2018-12-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult patients (>age 18) with a cancer diagnosis receiving oral or IV chemotherapy at Dana-Farber on Yawkey 10.
• Able to read and speak English
• Has a minimum appointment time of 60 minutes

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals with visual impairment or blindness will be excluded

Where it is running

• Dana Farber Cancer Institute — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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