Experience of Arab American Women With Breast Cancer: In-depth Interviews

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: one-time qualitative assessment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02710058

15-246

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators are conducting a study entitled 'Experience of Arab American Women with Breast Cancer: In-depth Interviews' through which they hope to learn more about Arab women's experience with breast cancer.

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• AMBER participant diagnosed with breast cancer who attended at least 1 support group meeting
• Aged 18 to 85
• Arabic-speaking

Exclusion criteria

None

Trial design

8 participants in 1 patient group

Arab American Women with Breast Cancer

Description:

We conducted a study using an evaluation assessment survey to assess the impact of the AMBER support groups on quality of life parameters, compliance with treatment appointments, and patient/family support. After reviewing preliminary results, we identified several recurrent themes, such as the need for health information, discrepancies around the extent of family support and disease disclosure, and an overall satisfaction with the support groups. To further examine these themes, we are initiating a qualitative research study using an in-depth interview guide. A trained interviewer bilingual in Arabic and English will conduct 10-15 in-depth interviews, to saturation, with AMBER's support group participants over a 6 month period.

Treatment:

Behavioral: one-time qualitative assessment