The Role of Psychoeducation in Breast Cancer Care

NCT ID: NCT06981910

Last Updated: 2025-05-21

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 63 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-10-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-01-31

Brief Summary

This study aims to examine the effect of psychoeducation on body image and sexual quality of life in female patients who underwent mastectomy due to breast cancer.

Detailed Description

Method: This randomized controlled trial with two parallel groups was conducted between October 2023 and January 2025 in the general surgery clinic of a university hospital. The sample consisted of 63 patients (31 in the psychoeducation group and 32 in the control group). Data collection was conducted using the Patient Information Form, the Breast Cancer Body Image Scale (BCBIS), and the Sexual Quality of Life-Female (SQoL-F) questionnaire. Following the pretest administered to all participants, patients in the psychoeducation group received a 6-week psychoeducation program (90 minutes per week). After the completion of the 6-week intervention, a 4-week waiting period was implemented, after which the posttest was administered to all participants. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, chi-square test, t-test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Cronbach's alpha coefficient, ANOVA, and Bonferroni post hoc tests.

Conditions

Psychoeducation for Patients Who Have Undergone Mastectomy; Mastectomy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Psychoeducation

A semi-structured "Psychoeducation Program" was implemented over six weeks, with 90-minute sessions conducted weekly. Each subgroup received psychoeducation on different days within the same week. The week the psychoeducation concluded was designated as Week 0, and the scales were re-administered in Week 4.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Psychoeducation program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Each psychoeducation session included informational components, a preliminary group discussion of the topic, structured education on the discussed topic, awareness-raising activities within the group, opportunities for sharing, and emotional support. When participants' attention waned during sessions, breathing exercises were introduced. Depending on the group's preference, sessions concluded with a 2-3-minute poetry listening session and/or breathing exercises. At the end of each session, educational booklets prepared specifically for that session were distributed to the participants.

Control

No intervention was provided to the control group; the same scales were administered to them during the 4th week after the conclusion of the psychoeducation program in the psychoeducation group

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Psychoeducation program

Each psychoeducation session included informational components, a preliminary group discussion of the topic, structured education on the discussed topic, awareness-raising activities within the group, opportunities for sharing, and emotional support. When participants' attention waned during sessions, breathing exercises were introduced. Depending on the group's preference, sessions concluded with a 2-3-minute poetry listening session and/or breathing exercises. At the end of each session, educational booklets prepared specifically for that session were distributed to the participants.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Women aged between 18 and 60 years
• Married and/or with a partner,
• Residing in the city where this study was carried out,
• İnformed about their diagnosis,
• With no physical deformities or functional impairments caused by comorbid conditions or treatments (e.g., lymphedema, hemiparesis, amputation, tracheostomy),
• Capable of communication, no cognitive impairments or diagnosed psychiatric disorders,
• Having completed chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy,
• With no prior counseling or education related to body image or sexual quality of life.

Exclusion Criteria

• Women who were not between the ages of 18 and 60,
• Not married and/or without a partner,
• Not residing in the city where the study was conducted,
• Not informed about their diagnosis,
• With physical deformities or functional impairments caused by comorbid conditions or treatments (e.g., lymphedema, hemiparesis, amputation, tracheostomy),
• Unable to communicate, with cognitive impairments or diagnosed psychiatric disorders,
• Still undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy,
• Had previously received any counseling or education related to body image or sexual quality of life.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Dicle University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Çiçek SARUHAN

Lecturer

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Meral Özkan, Prof.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, İnönü University

Locations

Dicle University Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey

Diyarbakır, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

DicleU-ASBF-NURSE-ÇS-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id