Breast Cancer, Breast Malignant Tumor, Breast Neoplasm, Resilience, Self-efficacy
Conditions
Keywords
Breast cancer, mobile application, Resilience, self-efficacy
Brief summary
This study was to develop and evaluate the self-efficacy and resilience of the Breast Cancer Self-Care App in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Detailed description
This study was to develop and evaluate the self-efficacy and resilience of the Breast Cancer Self-Care App in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. In the first phase of this study, develop a prototype the Breast Cancer Self-Care App by conducting patients interviews. In the second phase, an experimental two-group pretest-posttest quantitative study design to evaluate the self-efficacy and resilience of the Breast Cancer Self-Care App in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The patients were randomized to the experimental and control groups. Patients in the control group received general routine care and patients in the experimental group received general routine care plus the Breast Cancer Self-Care App intervention. Both groups completed a basic demographics, self-efficacy and resilience questionnaires at the pre-test and after four weeks.
Interventions
DEVICEThe Breast Cancer Self-Care App
The Breast Cancer Self-Care App includes several parts- introduction to breast cancer, types of treatment, side effects care, nutrition, relaxation videos, insurance, medical news and recording side effects, etc. The researcher assisted in installing the App on the patient's mobile phone, entered the personal account, and asked the patient to fill in questionnaires. Patients were given individual health education task in the Breast Cancer Self-Care App every week according to the type of chemotherapy drugs. After four weeks, they filled in questionnaires again.
Sponsors
Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Consciousness clear, over 20 years old, can communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese * Diagnosed Breast Cancer I-III stage * undergo first chemotherapy * Have a smartphone * Receiving treatment: EC/ EC+T/LC/LC+T E: (Epirubicin)、C: (Cyclophosphamide)、L: (Lipo-Dox)、T: (Taxotere)
Exclusion criteria
* DSM-V mentally ill * IOS system smartphone * over 65 years old
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Self-efficacy | 4 weeks | Use Strategies Used by People to Promote Health (SUPPH) measure self-care self-efficacy. The scale total of 29 items measure self-care self-efficacy. There are 3 sub subscales for each of the following: Stress Reduction (10 items, 5-50scores), Making Decisions (3 items, 3-15scores), Positive Attitude (16 items,16-80 scores). The range of total scores of the scale is 29-145. It shows that self-care self-efficacy increases as total points of the scale increase. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Resilience | 4 weeks | Use Resilience scale 14 items (RS-14) measure individual resilience. The scale with a total of 14 items measures resilience. The range of total scores of the scale is 14-98. It shows that resilience increases as total points of the scale increase. |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed