Culturally Tailored Educational and Support Program to Increase Quality of Life Among Korean Breast Cancer Survivors (TOGETHER)

University of Maryland

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management; Behavioral: Linguistically and Culturally Tailored Information

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02770469

R21CA178471

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the TOGETHER (Together Overcome and Get Empowered Through Health Education and Relationships) program was to examine the effectiveness of one of the first linguistically and culturally tailored intervention programs to increase quality of life among Korean American breast cancer survivors.

Full description

This study employed a randomized trial design, consisting of a standard and enhanced intervention group. Participants attended seven weekly sessions and one follow-up session that lasted for about 2 hours each. All sessions were conducted by two Korean female bilingual licensed clinical psychologists.

The specific aims of this study were to: (1) Implement and evaluate the effects of tailored intervention on perceived stress, coping and quality of life among Korean American breast cancer survivors; and (2) Conduct a process evaluation to assess the feasibility and fidelity of the intervention, which will provide data that can inform the development of future interventions.

Enrollment: 86 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 25 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Living in Maryland, Northern Virginia, or the Washington D.C. metropolitan area
• Have been diagnosed with breast cancer
• Have had surgery, completed treatment within the last two years, or still receiving adjuvant therapies

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to understand Korean

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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86 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard Intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

The standard intervention group received linguistically and culturally tailored information regarding breast cancer and survivorship.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Linguistically and Culturally Tailored Information

Enhanced Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The enhanced intervention group received linguistically and culturally tailored information regarding breast cancer and survivorship as well as cognitive-behavioral stress management.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management

Behavioral: Linguistically and Culturally Tailored Information