This clinical trial evaluates a patient navigation program for addressing disparities in breast cancer care. The navigation program is designed to help improve patient knowledge about clinical and supportive care services, navigate to existing services, help manage barriers to care, and enhance patient skills related to management of cancer treatment. Offering a patient navigation program may increase health equity and improve social needs and quality of life over time for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. Implement a patient navigation program in the Roswell Park Breast Clinic focused on underserved women with a first cancer diagnosis of breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) (n=126). SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: I. Systematically address barriers to care by connecting women with multiple barriers of care with a first diagnosis of breast cancer or DCIS to supportive services and culturally appropriate resources.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
126
Receive patient navigation
Ancillary studies
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo, New York, United States
RECRUITINGEnrollment rate
Enrollment rate Will be defined as the number of patients enrolled divided by the number of patients approached. The enrollment rate will be estimated with a 90% credible region obtained by Jeffrey's prior method.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Reasons for refusal
Reported reasons of refusal will be summarized using frequencies and relative frequencies
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Retention Rate
The number of patients that complete patient navigation divided by the number of patients enrolled
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Reasons for discontinuation
Will be summarized using frequencies and relative frequencies
Time frame: Up to 2 years
European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Scale (EORTC QLQ-C30)
the quality of life in breast cancer patients. Score averaged, transformed to 0-100 scale, higher score indicates better quality of life
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Social Determinates of health
An 11 question survey . A score of 11 or more when the numerical values for answers to questions 7-10 are added shows that the person might not be safe.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Barriers to care
Patient navigators will meet with participants to discuss barriers to care. Results will be summarized
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Use of supportive services
Will be summarized using frequencies and relative frequencies
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Patient Satisfaction survey
Will be summarized (by time as appropriate) using frequencies and relative frequencies
Time frame: up to 2 years
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