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Teleconference Group: Breast Cancer in African Americans (STORY)

NCT01339351 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 185

Last updated 2019-04-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

African American women with breast cancer have decreased quality of life (and mood when compared to European American. Research has not examined the effectiveness of therapeutic group for African American women with breast cancer even though positive effects are well established for Caucasians. The aims of the randomized clinical trial are to determine the effectiveness of TG by teleconference for African American women with breast cancer and what factors may impact on the intervention. The primary hypothesis is that participants in the intervention group will have significantly greater cancer knowledge, less fear, less isolation, better social connection, better mood, and better QOL when compared to a control group receiving usual psychosocial care. Two hundred forty African American women with breast cancer will be recruited. Intervention participants attend eight weekly 90 minute sessions by teleconference and two follow-up boosters. Each culturally appropriate session contains the story, information and group processes of connection, commonality and catharsis. Information focuses on increasing self care and stress management knowledge while countering myths and taboos. Story capitalizes on African American oral traditions by discussing coping parables. Group processes provide an alternative source of social support and opportunities to express feelings. Control group subjects receive standard psychosocial care (the use of any support programs or services locally or nationally. Testing will occur at baseline, after 10 group sessions and 16 weeks post baseline. The study findings are expected to inform about the effectiveness of therapeutic groups in African American women with breast cancer and lay the groundwork for exploring if reducing disparities in psychosocial care have a health benefit.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Therapeutic Group by Teleconference

10 sessions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of South Carolina

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sue P. Heiney, PhD · University of South Carolina

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-06-30
Primary Completion
2010-08-31
Completion
2010-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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