Develop and Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Self-Care Smartphone Application on the Self-Efficacy, and Resilience Among Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital73 enrolled

Overview

This study was to develop and evaluate the self-efficacy and resilience of the Breast Cancer Self-Care App in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

This study was to develop and evaluate the self-efficacy and resilience of the Breast Cancer Self-Care App in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. In the first phase of this study, develop a prototype the Breast Cancer Self-Care App by conducting patients interviews. In the second phase, an experimental two-group pretest-posttest quantitative study design to evaluate the self-efficacy and resilience of the Breast Cancer Self-Care App in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The patients were randomized to the experimental and control groups. Patients in the control group received general routine care and patients in the experimental group received general routine care plus the Breast Cancer Self-Care App intervention. Both groups completed a basic demographics, self-efficacy and resilience questionnaires at the pre-test and after four weeks.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Breast Cancer Breast Neoplasm

Interventions

The Breast Cancer Self-Care AppDEVICE

The Breast Cancer Self-Care App includes several parts- introduction to breast cancer, types of treatment, side effects care, nutrition, relaxation videos, insurance, medical news and recording side effects, etc. The researcher assisted in installing the App on the patient's mobile phone, entered the personal account, and asked the patient to fill in questionnaires. Patients were given individual health education task in the Breast Cancer Self-Care App every week according to the type of chemotherapy drugs. After four weeks, they filled in questionnaires again.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Consciousness clear, over 20 years old, can communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese * Diagnosed Breast Cancer I-III stage * undergo first chemotherapy * Have a smartphone * Receiving treatment: EC/ EC+T/LC/LC+T E: (Epirubicin)、C: (Cyclophosphamide)、L: (Lipo-Dox)、T: (Taxotere) Exclusion Criteria: * DSM-V mentally ill * IOS system smartphone * over 65 years old

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Self-efficacy

Use Strategies Used by People to Promote Health (SUPPH) measure self-care self-efficacy. The scale total of 29 items measure self-care self-efficacy. There are 3 sub subscales for each of the following: Stress Reduction (10 items, 5-50scores), Making Decisions (3 items, 3-15scores), Positive Attitude (16 items,16-80 scores). The range of total scores of the scale is 29-145. It shows that self-care self-efficacy increases as total points of the scale increase.

Time frame: 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Resilience

Use Resilience scale 14 items (RS-14) measure individual resilience. The scale with a total of 14 items measures resilience. The range of total scores of the scale is 14-98. It shows that resilience increases as total points of the scale increase.