breast cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group: They start to use the smartphone-based problem-solving treatment program "
Kaiketsu-App"
for iPhones and iPads and the smartphone-based behavioral activation program the "
Genki-App"
for iPhones and iPads."
consists of 7 sessions, including one introductory section, 4 sessions for learning PST 5 steps, 1 session for actual training, and one epilogue. The "
can be completed within 4 weeks at the fastest. One session needs approximately 30 minutes to complete. "
has been developed as a part of the smartphone-based CBT program "
Kokoro-App"
that was developed for our previous study."
consists of 2 sessions.The "
can be completed within between 2 weeks and 8 weeks and each session needs approximately 30 minutes per week to complete.
Waiting list control group: If the participant is allocated to the control gr
Sponsors
Japan Supportive, Palliative and Psychosocial Oncology Group
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) diagnosis of breast cancer and awareness of the cancer diagnosis 2) 1 year after breast surgery 3) currently disease-free 4) able to complete e-patient reported outcome (ePRO) by using iPhone 5) iPhone and/or iPad user and having apple ID to install application on Apple store
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Having active and serious physical disease that disturb household and light work and current and past history of cancer other than breast cancer 2) Having serious psychiatric disease 3) an inability to understand Japanese 4) currently following up and getting treated in a psychiatry department and/or by any other mental health professionals 5) inappropriate to participate judged by researchers 6) patients who received structured problem-solving therapy, behavioral action therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy including participants into our previous study investigating the preliminary effectiveness of the smartphone-based problem-solving treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fear of recurrence: Japanese version of the Concerns About Recurrence Scale (CARS-J) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Fear of recurrence: Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory short form (FCRI-SF-J) 2. Psychological distress: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) 3. Patients perceived needs: Short-form Supportive Care Needs Survey questionnaire (SCNS-SF34) 4. Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-Japanese (PTGI-J) 5. Level of satisfaction with treatment | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactTatsuo Akechi
Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine
Outcome results
None listed