Teaching nurses to tame emotions: a trial aims to ease compassion fatigue
NCT ID NCT06766682
First seen Jul 22, 2026 · Last updated Jul 23, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether a 6-session skill development program can improve emotion regulation, reduce experiential avoidance, and lessen compassion fatigue in oncology nurses. Sixty-six nurses working in cancer care will be randomly assigned to the program or usual care. The study measures changes in emotion regulation difficulties, emotion regulation skills, and compassion fatigue before and after the program.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a 6-session skill development program for emotion regulation
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this program could offer a practical way to support oncology nurses' mental health and reduce burnout.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with 66 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The program requires active participation and may not work for everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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66 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Volunteering to participate in the research * Working in the specified units for at least six months * Not having a disease or disability would make it difficult for them to understand the program and data collection tools and to apply the skills. Exclusion Criteria: * Having received or currently receiving individual or group psychotherapy/counseling program within the last six months * Requesting to withdraw from the study at any stage of the research * Regularly missing two consecutive group sessions * Failure to attend three or more sessions in total
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hacettepe University
Ankara, Ankara, 06100, Turkey (Türkiye)
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