Breast cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Eight-week smartphone cognitive-behavioral therapy for post-mastectomy pain syndrome in breast cancer patients
Usual treatment group
Sponsors
Nagoya City University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Have been diagnosed with breast cancer 2. Patients with no recurrence more than 1 year after breast cancer surgery 3. 18 years old or older at the time of obtaining consent 4. Having PMPS (postoperative pain in the surgical site, armpit, arm on the side of surgery), or site related to reconstructive surgery (reconstructive site and back or abdomen undergoing surgery for reconstruction, etc.) ) pain persists 1 year after reconstructive surgery 5. Smartphone users: Patients who can install the app by themselves on Android or iOS mobile terminals that can use the app and can use it during the study period (OS version: iOS 13.0 or higher, Android 6.0 or higher)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Cannot read or write Japanese 2. Patients who have pain caused by causes other than cancer and are receiving treatment. 3. Patients who have pain in areas other than wounds, armpits, and arms and are undergoing treatment. 4. Patients with mental symptoms that the investigator/co-investigator judges inappropriate for participation, such as dementia/cognitive dysfunction, severe depression with suicidal ideation, poorly controlled schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder. 5. Patients who have serious physical diseases (serious respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, central/peripheral nerve diseases, muscular/skeletal diseases, etc.) and are difficult to receive psychological therapy. 6. Patients who have received ACT in the past 7. Other patients who are judged to be inappropriate by the researcher/co-investigator
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Feasibility | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Preliminary usefulness Pain Intensity and Disability: Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) Intensity of fatigue and numbness: M.D.Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI) Pain Acceptance: Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ) Fear of recurrence: Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory-short form: (FCRI-SF) Work Productivity: Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire (WPAI) Anxiety/depression: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) Psychological Flexibility: Acceptance and Action Questionnaire 2: (AAQ-2) Acting on Values: Valuing Questionnaire (VQ) Quality of Life: EuroQol-5-Deimensions (EQ5D) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactMie Sakai
Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Dept. of Psychiatry and cognitive Behavioral Medicine
Outcome results
None listed