Integrating Palliative Care Into Self-Management of Breast Cancer
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT02148575
- Lead Sponsor
- Yale University
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to test a psycho-educational intervention, Managing Cancer Care: A Personal Guide (MCC), that is intended to improve patients' knowledge of palliative care and to facilitate its timely integration into self-management of their breast cancer. The MCC will be tested with patients with Stage I-IV breast cancer at baseline, one, and three months following enrollment. The intervention group will receive the MCC, and the attention-control group will receive a symptom management toolkit. Participants' family caregivers will also be enrolled to provide information on patients' self-management. Investigators hypothesize that users of MCC, as compared to attention-control participants, will demonstrate improved knowledge, feelings, and behaviors related to self-management of their cancer care. This innovative research can help to establish palliative care as a mainstay of self-management interventions that target serious illnesses.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 109
- Over the age of 21
- Stage I-IV breast cancer
- Live in the State of Connecticut
- Speak English
- Receiving any kind of treatment for breast cancer
- Prognosis of at least 6 months
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Knowledge of Care Options Test baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Control Preferences Scale baseline Chronic Disease Self-Efficacy Scale baseline Health Care Utilization Form 3 months Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale baseline Uncertainty in Illness Scale baseline Goals of Care Conversations Form baseline Measurement of Transitions Scale baseline Medical Communication Competence Scale baseline
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Yale-New Haven Hospital
🇺🇸New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Yale School of Nursing
🇺🇸West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Yale-New Haven Hospital🇺🇸New Haven, Connecticut, United States