Effect of peer groups on life quality and treatment adherence in patients affected by breast cancer
- Conditions
- breast cancer.Malignant neoplasm of breast
- Registration Number
- IRCT201102055766N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 61
Inclusion criteria included women with breast cancer with 20 to 65 years f age who have had mastectomy 6 months to 2 years before and at the time of study were receiving therapy – whether radiotherapy or medical treatment. Patients should have been be in stage II and III of non-metastatic breast cancer, who had no chronic disabling underlying condition (such as major depression or any other condition which would prevent them from participating in sessions). Also the patients should meet the literacy needed to fill in the questionnaires and have never had participated in such supportive programs before. Exclusion criteria were patients who would discontinue voluntarily, patients developing any mental or physical disease which would prevent them from continuing the study, those who were absent 2 consecutive sessions and those who got aware of the other group and had meanwhile took part in their sessions.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life. Timepoint: 3 months. Method of measurement: questionnaire.;Treatment adherence. Timepoint: 3 months. Method of measurement: questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method