Psychosocial telephone counseling for survivors of cervical cancer: results of a randomized biobehavioral trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Survivors of cervical cancer experience quality-of-life (QOL) disruptions that persist years after treatment. This study examines the effect of a psychosocial telephone counseling (PTC) intervention on QOL domains and associations with biomarkers.

Patients and methods

We conducted a randomized clinical trial in survivors of cervical cancer, who were ≥ 9 and less than 30 months from diagnosis (n = 204), to compare PTC to usual care (UC). PTC included five weekly sessions and a 1-month booster. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and biospecimens were collected at baseline and 4 and 9 months after enrollment. Changes in PROs over time and associations with longitudinal change in cytokines as categorical variables were analyzed using multivariable analysis of variance for

SUBMITTER: Wenzel L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4372853 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature