TY - JOUR
T1 - Integrating Palliative Care Into Self-management of Breast Cancer
T2 - A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
AU - Schulman-Green, Dena
AU - Linsky, Sarah
AU - Jeon, Sangchoon
AU - Holland, Margaret L.
AU - Kapo, Jennifer
AU - Blatt, Leslie
AU - Adams, Catherine
AU - Chagpar, Anees B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, grant R21NR014318. The funding source had no involvement in the design, methods, data collection, analysis, writing of the manuscript, or the decision to submit it for publication.
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PY - 2023/5/1
Y1 - 2023/5/1
N2 - Background Breast cancer patients may not be well-informed about palliative care, hindering its integration into cancer self-management. Objective The aim of this study was to test Managing Cancer Care: A Personal Guide (MCC-PT), an intervention to improve palliative care literacy and cancer self-management. Methods This was a single-blind pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility/acceptability and intervention effects of MCC-PT on palliative care literacy, self-management behaviors/emotions, and moderation by demographic/clinical characteristics. We enrolled 71 stages I to IV breast cancer patients aged at least 21 years, with >6-month prognosis at an academic cancer center. Patients were randomized to MCC-PT (n = 32) versus symptom management education as attention-control (n = 39). At baseline, 1 month, and 3 months, participants completed the Knowledge of Care Options Test (primary outcome), Control Preferences Scale, Goals of Care Form, Medical Communication Competence Scale, Measurement of Transitions in Cancer Scale, Chronic Disease Self-efficacy Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale. Results Mean participant age was 51.5 years (range, 28-74 years); 53.5% were racial/ethnic minority patients, and 40.8% had stage III/IV cancer. After adjusting for race/ethnicity, MCC-PT users improved their palliative care literacy with a large effect size (partial η2 = 0.13). Patients at late stage of disease showed increased self-management (partial η2 = 0.05) and reduced anxiety (partial η2 = 0.05) and depression (partial η2 = 0.07) with medium effect sizes. Conclusions Managing Cancer Care: A Personal Guide is feasible and appears most effective in late-stage cancer. Research is needed to elucidate relationships among cancer stage, race/ethnicity, and self-management outcomes. Implications for Practice Integration of palliative care into cancer care can assist in creation of appropriate self-management plans and improve emotional outcomes.
AB - Background Breast cancer patients may not be well-informed about palliative care, hindering its integration into cancer self-management. Objective The aim of this study was to test Managing Cancer Care: A Personal Guide (MCC-PT), an intervention to improve palliative care literacy and cancer self-management. Methods This was a single-blind pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility/acceptability and intervention effects of MCC-PT on palliative care literacy, self-management behaviors/emotions, and moderation by demographic/clinical characteristics. We enrolled 71 stages I to IV breast cancer patients aged at least 21 years, with >6-month prognosis at an academic cancer center. Patients were randomized to MCC-PT (n = 32) versus symptom management education as attention-control (n = 39). At baseline, 1 month, and 3 months, participants completed the Knowledge of Care Options Test (primary outcome), Control Preferences Scale, Goals of Care Form, Medical Communication Competence Scale, Measurement of Transitions in Cancer Scale, Chronic Disease Self-efficacy Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale. Results Mean participant age was 51.5 years (range, 28-74 years); 53.5% were racial/ethnic minority patients, and 40.8% had stage III/IV cancer. After adjusting for race/ethnicity, MCC-PT users improved their palliative care literacy with a large effect size (partial η2 = 0.13). Patients at late stage of disease showed increased self-management (partial η2 = 0.05) and reduced anxiety (partial η2 = 0.05) and depression (partial η2 = 0.07) with medium effect sizes. Conclusions Managing Cancer Care: A Personal Guide is feasible and appears most effective in late-stage cancer. Research is needed to elucidate relationships among cancer stage, race/ethnicity, and self-management outcomes. Implications for Practice Integration of palliative care into cancer care can assist in creation of appropriate self-management plans and improve emotional outcomes.
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Palliative care
KW - Self-management
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U2 - 10.1097/NCC.0000000000001078
DO - 10.1097/NCC.0000000000001078
M3 - Article
C2 - 35353749
AN - SCOPUS:85153124168
SN - 0162-220X
VL - 46
SP - E169-E180
JO - Cancer Nursing
JF - Cancer Nursing
IS - 3
ER -