Randomized controlled trial of a breast cancer Survivor Stories intervention for African American women.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Video-based interventions hold promise for improving quality of life (QoL) among African American breast cancer patients.

Objective

An interactive, cancer-communication intervention using African American breast cancer survivors' narratives was tested in a randomized controlled trial to determine whether viewing survivor stories improved newly diagnosed African American breast cancer patients' QoL.

Method

Participants were 228 African American women with non-metastatic breast cancer interviewed five times over two years; 120 controls received standard medical care, and 108 intervention-arm participants also received a tablet-computer with survivor stories three times in 12 months. Growth curve models were used to analyze differences between arms in change in

SUBMITTER: Thompson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8173764 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature