Positive Activities for Asian American Cancer Patients and Caregivers
Primary Objectives: The overall objective of this project is to design and test the feasibility of two positive activities, household contribution and outside contribution, to increase quality of life in AA cancer patients. Secondary Objectives: Aim 1: To assess the acceptability and feasibility of household and outside contribution positive activities for AAs through a mixed qualitative and exploratory quantitative investigation. Aim 2: To use the qualitative and quantitative data from Aim 1, in collaboration with the mentorship team, AA community members, and clinicians, to develop one or both positive activity intervention(s) (i.e., household or outside contribution) specifically for AA cancer patients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
M D Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States
Affect-Adjective Scale
Positive and negative affect were measured using a modified 12-item Affect-Adjective Scale (AAS) (Diener \& Emmons, 1984) that included low-arousal emotion items (e.g., peaceful/serene, dull/bored). Participants rated the extent to which they experienced positive and negative emotions over the past week on a scale from 0 ("not at all") to 6 ("extremely").
Time frame: End-of-study (4 weeks)
Health-Related Quality of Life
HRQOL was measured using the 10-item Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Global-10 (PROMIS-10) (Cella et al., 2010), with physical and mental health subscales. The scale ranges from 5 to 20 with higher scores indicating better health-related quality of life.
Time frame: End-of-study (4 weeks)
Perceived Stress
Perceived stress was measured using the 4-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) (Cohen \& Willliamson, 1988), which assessed the frequency of stressful experiences over the past month. The scale ranges from 0 to 16 with higher scores indicating greater perceived stress.
Time frame: End-of-study (4 weeks)
Psychological Needs
Psychological needs were measured with a 9-item version of the Balanced Measure of Psychological Needs (BMPN) (Sheldon \& Hilpert, 2012), which includes subscales for autonomy, competence, and connectedness. The subscales range from 1 to 5 with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction of the respective need.
Time frame: End-of-study (4 weeks)
Self-Perceived Burden
Self-perceived burden was measured using the 10-item Self-Perceived Burden Scale (SPBS) (Cousineau et al., 2003), which assessed the extent to which patients felt that they were a burden on caregivers. The scale ranges from 10 to 50 with higher scores indicating greater self=perceived burden.
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Time frame: End-of-study (4 weeks)