Healthcare Providers' Attitudes Toward Oncology Patients With Mental Disorders
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Conditions studied: Stigma of Mental Illness, Cancer, Psychiatric Comorbidity
In brief
ONCO-MinD is a multicentre, cross-sectional, non-interventional mixed-method study aimed at investigating healthcare providers' attitudes towards oncology patients with mental disorders in Italian cancer centres. The study will assess levels of mental health-related stigma among healthcare professionals and explore factors associated with these attitudes, including professional background, clinical setting, experience, and previous exposure to mental health conditions. Quantitative survey data collected using the Italian version of the Opening Minds Scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC) will be integrated with qualitative findings from semi-structured interviews to provide a comprehensive understanding of how stigma may influence clinical relationships, decision-making processes, and equity of cancer care.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07748221
- Run by
- Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS
- People needed
- 1000
- Starts
- 2026-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2027-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-08-05
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Healthcare professionals working in participating oncology centres.
- Physicians, nurses, psychologists, radiation therapy technologists, and healthcare assistants.
- Direct involvement in the clinical care of oncology patients.
- Employed at one of the participating study sites at the time of enrolment.
- Able to understand the study information and provide informed consent.
- Willing to participate in the study.
- For the qualitative phase, a purposive sample of participants will be selected from survey respondents who agree to be contacted for a semi-structured interview.
You may not qualify if…
- Refusal to participate or failure to provide informed consent.
- Students in training.
- Healthcare personnel working in services with very limited patient contact and without direct responsibility for oncology patient care.
Where it is running
- Centro Riferimento Oncologico CRO IRCCS — Aviano, Italy
- Istituto Tumori IRCCS Giovanni Paolo II — Bari, Italy
- The Padua, Castelfranco Veneto, and Schiavonia campuses of the Veneto Institute of Oncology (IOV-IRCCS). — Padova, Italy
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