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Expanding Rural Access: Distance Delivery of Support

NCT ID: NCT00186511

Last Updated: 2006-12-05

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-11-30

Study Completion Date

2006-06-30

Brief Summary

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The major goal of this project is to test the feasibility and acceptability of using videoconferencing to provide support groups led by trained facilitators to rural women with breast cancer in northern California.

Detailed Description

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Women with breast cancer in rural areas are likely exhaust their usual sources of psychosocial support while still facing challenges posed by breast cancer, but are unlikely to have access to professionally-led support groups. In this community-based project, we assessed the feasibility and acceptability of providing support groups to women with breast cancer in a large rural area using videoconferencing and a workbook journal, and we assessed the intervention's potential to reduce distress and increase emotional expression and self-efficacy for coping with cancer. Twenty-seven women in the Intermountain Region of northeastern California participated in 8-session support groups led by an oncology social worker by going to nearby videoconferencing sites. Feasibility and acceptability were demonstrated. Older as well as younger women were comfortable using videoconferencing and said the groups were valuable because they promoted information sharing and emotional bonds with other women with breast cancer. They emphasized the importance of a professional facilitator and identified advantages of using videoconferencing for support groups. Pretest and posttest comparisons showed significant decreases in depression and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. The results suggest that the intervention has the potential to provide a valuable service that is not readily available in rural communities.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Depression

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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workbook/journal on coping with breast cancer

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

supportive expressive group therapy using videoconferencing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 1\) has been diagnosed with breast cancer, and 2) is a woman

Exclusion Criteria

* 1\) under 21 years of age, and 2) does not speak and read English
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of California, Berkeley

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Stanford University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Cheryl Koopman, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Stanford University

Locations

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Stanford University

Stanford, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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10AB-2801

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id