Effectiveness of Peer Support on Quality of Life in Recently Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients
NCT ID: NCT03394742
Last Updated: 2018-01-09
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
260 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2014-05-01
2016-10-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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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.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
SINGLE_GROUP
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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Intervention group
Peer support group received, in addition to usual care, peer support via telephone 1-5 times according to their own preference. Peer support was started at the time between diagnosis and the beginning of treatments.
Peer support
Peer support persons are breast cancer survivors, who were educated to give peer support. They contacted participants by telephone.
Control group
The control group received usual care only. For ethical reasons, participants in the control group were not discouraged from seeking peer support by themselves if they felt a need for it.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Peer support
Peer support persons are breast cancer survivors, who were educated to give peer support. They contacted participants by telephone.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* no other serious illnesses
* ability to communicate in Finnish or Swedish (official languages in Finland)
* ability to fill in the questionnaires
Exclusion Criteria
* inability to communicate in Finnish or Swedish (official languages in Finland)
* inability to fill in the questionnaires
FEMALE
No
Sponsors
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Helsinki University Central Hospital
OTHER
University of Jyvaskyla
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Anu Toija
Doctoral student
Principal Investigators
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Anu Toija, MHS
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Jyvaskyla
Locations
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Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, , Finland
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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Effectiveness of peer support
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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