Component and Couple Analysis of Cancer Communications

University of Wisconsin, Madison338 enrolled

Overview

Component and Couple Analysis of Cancer Communication CHESS, the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System is an innovative technology that provides information, social support and skills training to women with breast cancer. Previous CHESS clinical trials found improved patient outcomes but little is known about what services in CHESS produce those results. This study will examine whether breast cancer patient outcomes change when conceptually distinct CHESS services (information, social support, and skills training) are systematically added to a patients treatment resources. Primary Aims: * Determine the relative efficacies of different types of cancer communication treatments when they are presented alone or in combination * Determine routes or processes via which these elements work * Determine for whom the different treatment types work best.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

338

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Eligibility for this protocol is as follows: * All subjects must be within 2 months of their primary breast cancer diagnosis, * All subjects must be at least 18 years of age, * All subjects must be able to read and write English at the 6th-grade level * Not homeless

Locations (3)

Hartford Hospital

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

M. D. Anderson

Houston, Texas, United States

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Patient Quality of Life

Time frame: monthly

Secondary Outcomes

Emotional Well-being

Time frame: monthly

Self Efficacy

Time frame: monthly