Educational Module and Decision Counseling Program in Increasing Mammography Screening Rates in Formerly Homeless Women With Serious Mental Illness

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast - Female

Treatments: Other: Informational Intervention; Other: Educational Intervention; Other: Counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03162887

JT 6000 (Other Identifier)

14G.62

123369-CCCDA-12-213-01-CC (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This pilot clinical trial studies how well an educational module and decision counseling program works in increasing mammography screening rates in formerly homeless women with serious mental illness. An educational module and decision counseling program may be an effective tool and have the potential to help with early detection and treatment.

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Increase mammography screening rates in women age 40 and over with experiences of homelessness and serious mental illness (SMI).

II. Increase knowledge, decease psychological distress, and advance decision stage and intention to get a mammogram in study participants.

Enrollment: 23 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 30 formerly homeless women with a diagnosis of a serious mental illness in the Pathways to Housing or Project HOME supportive housing programs
• Only women that have never received a mammogram are eligible to participate (self-report)
• Participants must be willing to participate in all aspects of research

Exclusion criteria

• Participants cannot be decisionally impaired, actively psychotic, or have unstable mental illness that prevents participation in the decisional counseling session
• Women who have had a mammogram will be excluded from the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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23 participants in 1 patient group

Screening (education module, counseling)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive a research team member-led breast cancer and mammogram educational module and undergo a web-based decision counseling session over 2 hours. Participants then receive a "next steps" document and may undergo an interview to discuss their decision-making process and relevant experiences during the course of the study.

Treatment:

Other: Counseling

Other: Educational Intervention

Other: Informational Intervention