Managing Breast Cancer Treatment: Dyad's Perspectives on Treatment Decision, Financial and Family Burden.

National Taiwan University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05917444

202301195RINB

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to understand the financial burden and treatment decisions, based on both of patient's and family's perspectives in breast cancer patients who receive systemic chemotherapy, targeted therapy or immuno-therapy and their family caregivers .

Full description

This study utilizes a cross-sectional survey and qualitative research design. Data collection includes questionnaire surveys and recorded qualitative interviews. A total of 224 patients or family members who meet the criteria will be invited to participate in the study at oncology units and outpatient clinics. Among them, 30 subjects, either patients or family caregivers will be invited to explore their experience on and concerns about financial burden and treatment decision making as facing breast cancer.

Enrollment: 224 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• breast cancer

  1. Patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent breast cancer who require chemotherapy or targeted immunotherapy as recommended by their physicians
  2. Age 20 to 70
  3. Within 0.5 to 3 years of newly diagnosed or recurrent breast cancer
  4. Ability to perform housework or wage employment before cancer
  5. Those whose cognitive function is sufficient to read newspaper news and answer questionnaires

• breast cancer family

  1. Patient has been 0.5 to 3 years since the first diagnosis or recurrence of breast cancer and the doctor recommends chemotherapy or targeted immunotherapy
  2. Patient's self-reported family members who are involved in the patient's physical, social, or medical caregivers with cancer
  3. Age 20 to 65
  4. Able to perform housework or wage workers
  5. Those whose cognitive function is sufficient to read newspaper news and answer questionnaires

Exclusion criteria

• breast cancer

  1. Patients who were disabled before suffering from cancer
  2. only undergoing surgery or hormone therapy

• breast cancer family

  1. Persons with physical, mental and social disabilities
  2. Family members who are not involved in the patient's physical, social, or medical care for cancer