An interventional study of Humanistic Continuing Care via WeChat and Usual Care (No Structured WeChat Program) in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma, sponsored by Ming-an Yu. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 16 Years to 60 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-14.
Sponsored by Ming-an Yu · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether human-centered nursing care lowers emotional distress and improves quality of life for people who are awake during thyroid thermal ablation. The procedure uses local anesthesia, so participants remain awake and may feel tense. Human-centered care focuses on emotional support, clear communication, comfort, and follow-up, and it may improve the experience and recovery for patients.
The main questions are:
Does human-centered nursing care reduce emotional distress levels in patients undergoing thyroid thermal ablation?
Does human-centered nursing care improve patient quality of life after thyroid thermal ablation?
If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare human-centered nursing care to usual nursing care to see if human-centered care leads to lower emotional distress and higher quality of life.
Participants will:
Receive either human-centered nursing care or usual nursing care.
Complete questionnaires before, during, and after the procedure to measure emotional distress, quality of life, pain, and satisfaction with care.
Have their vital signs and quality of life tracked during and after the procedure.
Have their adherence to care plans and any complications monitored.
The main outcomes are emotional distress levels and quality of life. Other outcomes include pain and vital signs during the procedure, satisfaction with care, and complication rates. Results may guide better care for people undergoing small, minimally invasive treatments while awake.
175 studies on the registry are indexed under Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; 52 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 108 is above the median of 50 across 108 interventional studies indexed under Thyroid Cancer, Papillary.
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Owns a smartphone and can use WeChat
Exclusion Criteria:
Behavioral: Humanistic Continuing Care via WeChat
Procedure: Usual Care (No Structured WeChat Program)
Description: Structured, humanistic peri-operative nursing program delivered through WeChat in addition to routine care. Components: pre-procedure needs assessment and expectation setting; brief coping skills coaching (e.g., paced breathing); intra-procedure step-by-step explanations, reassurance, and comfort measures; post-procedure education, recovery guidance, and psychosocial support; symptom monitoring with red-flag escalation; medication/wound-care and appointment reminders; on-demand messaging during service hours; optional caregiver engagement. Delivery \& Schedule: Nurse-led. One pre-procedure session; intra-procedure support on the day of ablation; post-procedure WeChat check-ins at least weekly plus on-demand messaging for 12 weeks. Fidelity tracked via standardized checklists. Arm(s): Experimental - Humanistic Continuing Care via WeChat.
Participants receive standard peri-operative nursing and institutional discharge materials, including routine pre-procedure counseling, standard intra-procedure monitoring, printed/posted instructions for home care, and follow-up per usual practice (e.g., clinic visit or routine phone call). They may contact the clinic using standard channels as needed, but there is no scheduled, structured WeChat outreach or humanistic continuing-care protocol.
Change in emotion distress from baseline to post-procedure (HADS)
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 3 months
Change in the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 scores from baseline to 3 months
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 3 months
Change in Thyroid Cancer-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire scores from baseline to 3 months
Time frame: From enrollment to 3 months after end of treatment
Intraoperative pain intensity (Visual Analog Scale)
Pain intensity during the procedure will be assessed using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS; 0-100 mm, where 0 indicates no pain and 10 indicates the worst imaginable pain). A single VAS score will be recorded during the intraoperative period.
Time frame: Intraoperative period (during the procedure)
Patient satisfaction with nursing care (Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scale, NSNS)
Time frame: Postoperative Day 1
Plan to share: Undecided — Undecided at this time; a final decision about IPD sharing will be made after publication in consultation with the institution's data governance and ethics committees.
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