Effectiveness of Peer Support on Quality of Life in Recently Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients

Effectiveness of Peer Support on Quality of Life in Recently Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients - a Randomized Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03394742

Enrollment

260

Registered

2018-01-09

Start date

2014-05-01

Completion date

2016-10-30

Last updated

2018-01-09

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Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

Peer Group, Quality of Life

Brief summary

This study examines effectiveness of peer support of breast cancer patients. Half of the participants received peer support via telephone in addition to usual care and another half are give the usual care only.

Detailed description

Seriously sick people need social support to maintain their quality of life. Social support may be given by peers, who have experienced the same. In this study voluntary participants with recently diagnosed breast cancer were randomly allocated to intervention (N=130) or control (N=130) group. The intervention group received, in addition to usual care, peer support via telephone 1-5 times according to their own preference. The control group received usual care only. Peer support was given by volunteered breast cancer survivors who were educated for giving peer support.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALPeer support

Peer support persons are breast cancer survivors, who were educated to give peer support. They contacted participants by telephone.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* recently diagnosed primary breast cancer * no other serious illnesses * ability to communicate in Finnish or Swedish (official languages in Finland) * ability to fill in the questionnaires

Exclusion criteria

* some other serious illnesses * inability to communicate in Finnish or Swedish (official languages in Finland) * inability to fill in the questionnaires

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
A change of health-related quality of life (HRQoL).	From baseline to 3, 6 and 12 months later.	HRQoL was assessed with a generic 15D instrument.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Satisfaction for life	Baseline and 3, 6 and 12 months later.	Satisfaction for life was assessed with a questionnaire created for this study.
The use of health care services	Baseline and 3, 6 and 12 months later.	The use of health care services was assessed with a questionnaire create for this study.

Countries

Finland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026