This pilot clinical trial studies a peer-to-peer support program in improving quality of life outcomes in patients with gynecologic cancer and their caregivers. Peer-to-peer support and mentoring may help improve quality of life and reduce symptoms of distress in gynecologic cancer patients and their families.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To test the feasibility and acceptability of a Woman-to-Woman (W2W) program for patients with gynecologic cancer at City of Hope (COH). Address the following descriptive research questions: were patients, mentors, and patients' family caregivers satisfied with the timing, format, and content of the program? Did the program benefit patients, mentors, and patients' family caregivers? OUTLINE: Patients participate in the W2W program for which they are matched with a trained mentor and followed throughout treatment by phone, email, and/or in person. After completion of study, patients are followed up at 6 and 12 months.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
3
Complete W2W mentoring program
Complete the FACT-G
Complete the W2W Patient Survey
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, California, United States
Change in quality of life benefits for patients, as assessed by the FACT-G
Changes from baseline will be tested using paired t-tests. Data will be summarized using descriptive statistics, including means for normally distributed continuous data, medians for non-normally distributed continuous data or proportions for categorical data. Established instruments will be scored according to standard instructions, and appropriate descriptive statistics computed. Written comments from all open ended questions analyzed using content analysis methods.
Time frame: Baseline to up to 12 months
Satisfaction of patients with the timing, content, and format of the program, as assessed by the W2W Patient Survey
Changes from baseline will be tested using paired t-tests. Descriptive statistics on participants' satisfaction with the timing, content, and format of the intervention will be presented through summary statistics of data from the satisfaction tools. Data will be summarized using descriptive statistics, including means for normally distributed continuous data, medians for non-normally distributed continuous data or proportions for categorical data.
Time frame: Up to 12 months
Satisfaction of mentors with the timing, content, and format of the program, as assessed by the W2W Volunteer/Mentor Survey
Descriptive statistics on participants' satisfaction with the timing, content, and format of the intervention will be presented through summary statistics of data from the satisfaction tools.
Time frame: Up to 12 months
Satisfaction of patients' family caregivers with the timing, content, and format of the program
Changes from baseline will be tested using paired t-tests. Descriptive statistics on participants' satisfaction with the timing, content, and format of the intervention will be presented through summary statistics of data from the satisfaction tools.
Time frame: Up to 12 months
Benefits for patients' family caregivers after participating in the program, as assessed by the Modified Caregiver Strain Index
Data will be summarized using descriptive statistics, including means for normally distributed continuous data, medians for non-normally distributed continuous data or proportions for categorical data. Established instruments will be scored according to standard instructions, and appropriate descriptive statistics computed. Written comments from all open ended questions analyzed using content analysis methods.
Time frame: Up to 12 months
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