Online Patient Navigation Program for Patients With Breast Cancer

Medicos e Investigadores en la Lucha contra el Cancer de Mama

Overview

The goal of this prospective 1:1 randomized controlled trial is to evaluate if an online patient navigation program, designed to identify targeted supportive care needs and to facilitate referrals and web-based interventions to address these needs, can increase patients' access to supportive care services, compared to traditional in-person patient navigation providing referrals to in-person supportive care services. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does online patient navigation increase access to supportive care services among patients with breast cancer? * Which are the barriers that hinder patients' access to the supportive care services they require? * What is patients' level of satisfaction with online patient navigation? Participants will: * Participate in an online or in-person patient navigation program for 4 weeks * Answer the study surveys at baseline and 4 weeks of follow-up

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Conditions

Breast Cancer Supportive Care in Cancer Patient Navigation

Interventions

Online patient navigation and supportive care referralsOTHER

In the online patient navigation program, a navigator will use validated instruments to identify participants\&#39; need for nutrition, psychology, and sexology counseling, and will refer them to the required services. Referrals will be made to web-based, systematic supportive care resources consisting of pre-recorded videos led by specialists and which will be available on a study-specific website, allowing each participant to access the resources as soon as they receive a referral. Additionally, online support groups will be held monthly to complement the supportive care programs.

In-person patient navigation and supportive care referralsOTHER

In the in-person patient navigation program, a navigator will use validated instruments to identify participants\&#39; need for nutrition, psychology, and sexology counseling, and will refer them to the required services. Referrals will be made to supportive care services available at their healthcare institution.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Female sex * Age ≥18 years * Diagnosis of non-metastatic breast cancer * Internet access at home or in their mobile phone * Availability to answer the study surveys * Provision of signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Disease recurrence * Inability to read or write

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Access to supportive care services

Participants' rate of attendance to each of the supportive care services in study will be evaluated through a survey at 4 weeks of follow-up, which will assess each group's access to the recommended services, barriers encountered, and satisfaction with the navigation program.

Time frame: 4 weeks