To evaluate the effects of a ritual training program in head and neck cancer (HNC)
patients.

Ritual Training Program in HNC Patients

Education

Cognitive Change

The purpose of this study will to evaluate the effects of a ritual training program on
disfigurement, self-esteem, social interaction, and body image in head and neck cancer
(HNC) patients.

A prospective, repeated measures, randomized controlled therapeutic intervention design
was employed. The experimental group will receive a ritual training program, and the
control group will receive routine care. Patients will be assessed at three time points:
baseline assessment (T0), and then at 1, 2, and 3-months (T1, T2, and T3) after
participating in the ritual training program or routine care.

Ritual training program

Routine care

Effects of a Ritual Training Program in the Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Observer-rated disfigurement scale (1-9, higher score indicating greater levels of
self-esteem higher disfigurement)

Body Image Scale (0-30, higher scores indicate greater symptoms or distress in terms of
body image concerns)

Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale(0-72, higher scores indicate greater fear or avoidance
social interaction

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Depression Subscale (0-21, higher score indicates a
higher level of depression).

Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale(10-40, higher scores indicating greater levels of
self-esteem)

Professor

ritual training program for 8 weeks, biweekly

Ritual Training Program in HNC Patients

About this trial

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Phase

Placebo

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