breast cancer breast carcinoma
Conditions
Interventions
The Internet intervention will focus on information and treatment of
psychological problems (such as anxiety and depression), emotional processing
issues, social problems (such as work resumption an
Sponsors
Universitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Histologically proven malignancy of the breast. - Breast cancer is treated with curative intent surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy, possibly in combination with radiotherapy. - Patients with direct access to a computer with internet connection and some skill on the Internet. - A good command of Dutch language.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Patients treated only with surgery. - Patients with locally extensive breast carcinoma. - Patients with metastatic breast carcinoma. - Previous malignancy except adequately treated cervix carcinoma in situ and treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin. - Psychiatric problems that interfere with adherence to the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Psychological distress (SCL-90). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Quality of life generally (EORTC QLQ C30) and specifically for breast cancer patients (BR23). - Anxiety and depression (HADS) - Personality (BFI) - Coping (Cope) - Impact of events (SVL) - Acceptance and helplessness (ZCL) - Empowerment (NEV-bk) For patients in the experimental group, also medical disease-specific data are collected and technical data on the use of the Internet intervention, in addition to the standardized questionnaires. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed