Using Audio to Convey Mind/Body Approaches to Cancer

描述(由申请人提供)： 一家经验丰富的公共广播制作公司将开发一系列关于心理/身体(行为)互补方法在癌症生存中的口头音频演示。 该音频内容是为癌症患者设计的，将向听众介绍放松技巧、可以打断患者担忧的认知治疗原则、支持小组的作用以及其他能够提高患者生活质量的策略。这些片段将以丰富的公共广播风格呈现，利用旁白、医学专家的解释、采用这些自我护理做法的患者的轶事描述、音乐和其他元素。根据第一阶段广泛的信息开发结果，节目的编辑设计将由专家顾问和受众测试提供信息。 一旦完成，患者对音频节目的反应将在一项随机对照试验中进行测量，该试验涉及通过波士顿地区几家医院的癌症中心招募的196名患者。调查人员将比较接受音频和有关心理/身体计划的小册子的患者和只收到小册子的患者。将跟踪他们参加临床心身计划的比率、心理状况和采用自我护理心身实践的情况。 在第三阶段，这些音频节目将向癌症治疗机构、肿瘤学专业人员、提供患者信息的制药公司和其他分销渠道提供商业服务。此外，该系列还将在全美公共广播电台播出。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): An experienced Public Radio production company will develop a series of spoken-word audio presentations about complementary mind/body (behavioral) approaches to cancer survivorship. The audio content, designed for patients with cancer, will introduce listeners to relaxation techniques, principles of cognitive therapy that can interrupt patients' worrying, the role of support groups and other strategies capable of improving quality of life for patients. The segments will be presented in richly produced Public Radio style, drawing on narration, explanations by medical experts, anecdotal accounts by patients who have adopted these self-care practices, music and other elements. Based on extensive message development findings from Phase I, editorial design of the programs will be informed by expert consultants and audience testing. Once completed, patient response to the audio programs will be measured in a randomized control trial involving 196 patients recruited through cancer centers at several Boston-area hospitals. Investigators will compare patients who receive the audio plus a brochure about mind/body programs with patients who receive only the brochure. Their rates of enrollment in clinical mind/body programs, psychological status and adoption of self-care mind/body practices will be tracked. In Phase III, the audio programs will be made commercially available to cancer treatment facilities, oncology professionals, pharmaceutical firms providing patient information and other distribution channels. In addition, the series will be released for Public Radio broadcast throughout the United States.