Clinical trials: Narration
HIV/AIDS
Storytelling Intervention to Promote Cervical Cancer Screening Uptakes Among Malawian Women Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus
To develop a theory-based culturally-grounded storytelling-based intervention to increase cervical cancer screening among Malawian women living with HIV infection.
- Trial name
- NCT04307433
- Testing
- Storytelling narrative videos on tablets
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 179 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Boston
Pain, Depression
The Use of Narrative in Public Health Research and Practice: Patient Experience of Wellness Acupuncture
This study examined the experiences of individuals undergoing acupuncture to gather information on patient-provider communication and on the therapeutic effects of acupuncture.
- Conditions
- Pain, Depression, Fatigue
- Trial name
- NCT00200733
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Excessive Drinking
The Role of Agency and Threat-Immediacy in Interactive Digital Narrative Fear Appeals
Aims: The first aim of the study was to assess the effect of agency, i.e. the perception of making meaningful decisions, in an interactive digital narrative fear appeal on self-efficacy beliefs concerning the ability to reduce…
- Trial name
- NCT05321238
- Testing
- High agency and immediate threat, High agency and distant threat, Low agency and immediate threat
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 178 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tilburg University
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression
Narrative Exposure Therapy Versus Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy
The present study is a pragmatic trial that investigates the efficacy and usefulness of two treatment modules in a sample of Rwandan genocide orphans: Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) versus group-Interpersonal Psychotherapy…
- Conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Narrative Exposure Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Trial name
- NCT00623298
- Testing
- Narrative Exposure Therapy, group IPT, 6 months-baseline
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Konstanz
Narrative Exposure Therapy, Treatment as Usual
Effectiveness of Narrative Exposure Therapy Among Refugee Children and Adolescents
This study aims to understand how war trauma affects children's and adolescents' memory functions and mental health, and whether Narrative Exposure Therapy is effective in enhancing optimal memory functions and alleviating mental…
- Trial name
- NCT02425280
- Testing
- Narrative Exposure Therapy, Treatment as Usual
- Where
- 3 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tampere University
Breast Cancer
Narrative Visualization for Breast Cancer Survivors' Physical Activity
This study tests the feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity intervention that combines use of a wearable activity monitor with a scrapbook.
- Trial name
- NCT03612596
- Testing
- Narrative visualization, Standard self-regulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Hypertension
Continuing the Conversation: Using Narrative Communication to Support Hypertension Self-management in African American Veterans
In this study the investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial aimed at improving hypertension self-management and lowering blood pressure (BP) in African-American Veterans.
- Trial name
- NCT03970590
- Testing
- CTC Intervention, Control
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Transgenderism, Stigma, Social
Supporting Trans Identities and Occupational Justice Through Narrative Informed Theatre: Supporting Trans Identities and Occupational Justice Through Narrative Informed Theatre
Importance: Societal stigma gravely impedes occupational justice for trans individuals, producing vast health disparities for this population.
- Trial name
- NCT04515654
- Testing
- IDEAS (Identity Evolution and Sharing) Performance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Cognitive Function Assessment, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Prediction of Cognitive Test Performance Using AI-Based Analysis of Narrative Speech
This study aims to evaluate a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based method for measuring cognitive function using speech recordings.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Function Assessment, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Subjective Cognitive Decline
- Trial name
- NCT07511270
- Testing
- AI-Based Storytelling Speech Assessment
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Drinking; Excess, Habit (Continual), Identity, Social
Evaluating Change in Drinking Identity as a Mechanism for Reducing Hazardous Drinking - Study 2
The purpose of the proposed research is to evaluate whether changes in drinking identity (DI; how much one associates one's self with drinking) can reduce hazardous drinking (HD; heavy alcohol use and negative alcohol-related…
- Trial name
- NCT03889873
- Testing
- Narrative Writing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 329 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Dementia, Alzheimer s Disease
Dementia in Fiction and Clinical Narratives
This study aims to compare the natural narrative language of patients with Alzheimer's disease and the fictional depictions of dementia in contemporary novels from both neurological and literary perspectives.
- Trial name
- NCT07482800
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fu Jen Catholic University
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
CONTIGO - A Narrative Intervention to Enhance Genetic Counseling and Testing
This is a mixed-methods Hybrid Type 1 research design (efficacy study) in which we aim to conduct a two-arm randomized controlled trial and an Implementation Focused Process Evaluation of a culturally-targeted video and referral…
- Trial name
- NCT05130606
- Testing
- Culturally Targeted Narrative Video: "Is My Cancer Hereditary? Rosa Visits a Genetic Counselor.", FORCE Fact Sheet
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 289 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
DSD, Hypospadias
Breaking Silence Through Story: A Narrative Medicine Intervention for Parents of Children With Urogenital Conditions
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a journaling intervention can reduce stress and anxiety in parents of children with urogenital conditions (such as differences of sex development and hypospadias).
- Trial name
- NCT06989593
- Testing
- Narrative Medicine Journaling Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sarah Schlegel
Narrative Ethics
The Effectiveness of Blended and Problem-based Learning to Improve the Competence of Geriatric Nursing Students
Medical ecology is a highly uncertain and high-pressure environment. Nurses must use their thinking to make critical judgments and decisions in a short time.
- Trial name
- NCT05290909
- Testing
- The protocol of blended and problem-based learning, The traditional problem-oriented teaching model
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Stigma, Social
A Narrative Intervention to Decrease Abortion Stigma
Abortion stigma is pervasive in the United States. It operates across multiple levels, including the individual, community, and structural.
- Trial name
- NCT03865199
- Testing
- Narrative Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 215 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Prolonged Grief Symptoms
AI-GF-GNW on Prolonged Grief Reactions
Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) is a severe, disabling condition characterized by intense yearning and difficulty accepting the reality of loss, which significantly impairs the academic and psychosocial functioning of bereaved…
- Conditions
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Prolonged Grief Symptoms, Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT07589088
- Testing
- AI-Assisted Grief-Focused Guided Narrative Writing, No-Feedback Guided Narrative Writing, Free Writing
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University
Study Will Examine the Impact of Project With
Opportunities Beyond the Narrative: An Intervention for Justice-Involved Youth
WestEd and its partners Urban Strategies, the Los Angeles County Probation Department, Boys Republic, California Family Life Center, and Eggleston Youth Centers Inc.
- Trial name
- NCT04795999
- Testing
- Project With
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 415 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- WestEd
Cancer Screening
The Impact of Picture Narrative Format on Print Lung Screening Communication Outcomes
The purpose of this study is to test whether a picture narrative format is more successful, than text with pictures or text alone, in communicating lung screening information (primarily defined by positive attitudes towards the…
- Trial name
- NCT05016570
- Testing
- Picture narrative information format, Text with pictures information format, Text-only information format
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 326 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Glasgow
Healthy Eating
In-person and Online Healthy Eating Promotion Through Self-regulation (HEP-S)
Obesity has more than doubled worldwide since 1980. The challenge with obesity, as with many other modern diseases, is that the solution may not rely on the medical side of the chain but rather on the individual via modifiable…
- Trial name
- HEP-S (NCT04099498)
- Testing
- Online Program: Healthy Eating Promotion with Self-regulation, Enhanced Online Program: Healthy Eating Promotion with Self-regulation
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minho
Alcohol Drinking
Exploring Whether Self-affirmation Promotes Reduced Alcohol Consumption in Response to Narrative Health Information
This study tests the effects of a self-affirmation manipulation on (i) acceptance of a health message detailing the risks of alcohol consumption, (ii) engagement with the health message and (iii) alcohol consumption at 7-day…
- Trial name
- NCT02681900
- Testing
- Self-affirmation manipulation task, Control task
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 142 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sussex