breast cancer
Conditions
Interventions
intervention group:Six sessions of family support program plus usual care, including two sessions on education (brief introduction of breast cancer and education on healthy dietary and physical activi
control group:usual care plus 6 weekly follow-up WeChat calls. No specific content will be designed but they will be similar to usual care. Participants in the control group can ask whatever cancer-re
Sponsors
School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) the dyad (i.e., couples that married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired and with different gender) involves women diagnosed with breast cancer according to pathological examination, in stage I-IV, either undergoing treatment or completed treatment, and their male partners who is identified by the women as the caregivers; 2) each dyad is living in the same household; 3) both members in the dyad aged 18 years or above; 4) at least one member in the dyad has clinically significant fear of cancer recurrence level (i.e. the score in fear of progression scale (FoP-Q-SF) =34); and 5) both members in the dyad sign a written informed consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) at least one of them has physical impairment such as blindness, paralysis; 2) both are unable to speak and understand Putonghua. Since the intervention will be given in the Putonghua, the participants who are unable to speak and understand the language may face the difficulty of continuing all the sessions; 3) at least one of them has a history of mental illness; or 4) the original cancer diagnose is not breast cancer, the breast cancer is the cancer cells come from other organs.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| fear of cancer recurrence; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Social constraints on disclosure;stigma;Intrusive thoughts and avoidance;Anxiety ;Disclosure adherence;Physical activity adherence;Healthy dietary adherence ; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactLeung Yin Ping
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Outcome results
None listed