Integrating Palliative Care Into Self-management of Breast Cancer: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer patients may not be well-informed about palliative care, hindering its integration into cancer self-management.

Objective

The aim of this study was to test Managing Cancer Care: A Personal Guide (MCC-PT), an intervention to improve palliative care literacy and cancer self-management.

Methods

This was a single-blind pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility/acceptability and intervention effects of MCC-PT on palliative care literacy, self-management behaviors/emotions, and moderation by demographic/clinical characteristics. We enrolled 71 stages I to IV breast cancer patients aged at least 21 years, with >6-month prognosis at an academic cancer center. Patients were randomized to MCC-PT (n = 32) versus symptom management edu

SUBMITTER: Schulman-Green D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9519806 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May-Jun 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature