Nuevo Amanecer: results of a randomized controlled trial of a community-based, peer-delivered stress management intervention to improve quality of life in Latinas with breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We evaluated a community-based, translational stress management program to improve health-related quality of life in Spanish-speaking Latinas with breast cancer.

Methods

We adapted a cognitive-behavioral stress management program integrating evidence-based and community best practices to address the needs of Latinas with breast cancer. Spanish-speaking Latinas with breast cancer were randomly assigned to an intervention or usual-care control group. Trained peers delivered the 8-week intervention between February 2011 and February 2014. Primary outcomes were breast cancer-specific quality of life and distress, and general symptoms of distress.

Results

Of 151 participants, 95% were retained at 6 months (between May 2011 and May 2014). Improvements in quality

SUBMITTER: Napoles AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4455521 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature