Alternative Support for Rural and Isolated Women in an HMO

Stanford University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Breast Cancer; Depression; Stress Disorders, Post-traumatic

Treatments: Behavioral: standard educational materials on breast cancer; Behavioral: workbook/journal on coping with breast cancer

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00186212

5BB-1801

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluate the effects of a workbook/journal for helping isolated women to cope with breast cancer.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 1. is a woman; and 2) has been diagnosed with primary breast cancer

Exclusion criteria

• 1. is under 18; or 2) can not speak and read in English

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)