This research is being done to test a communication coaching intervention pilot designed to improve communication quality between adolescent/young adult cancer survivors (AYACS) and their friends/peers. The results of the study will help to understand how to best support adolescent/young adult cancer survivors, and may inform the development or future implementation of similar programs for cancer survivor populations.
This study is being done to test a communication coaching intervention designed to improve communication quality between adolescent/young adult cancer survivors (AYACS) and their friends/peers. The results of the study will help to understand how to best support adolescent/young adult cancer survivors, and may inform the development or future implementation of similar programs for cancer survivor populations.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
Participants will complete asynchronous individual sessions for Visits 2-4. Each visit will include a 60-minute interactive didactic session using Rise 360 software, with a 20-minute Yoodli AI coaching session (both Rise 360 and Yoodli will be accessed via website). Rise 360 sessions will cover topics related to communication style, multiple goals theory and how to apply concepts learned in being good communicators. Yoodli AI coaching session will be completed for the corresponding Rise 360 session before moving to the next visit's session. The 20-minute Yoodli AI coaching sessions will include coaching from the Yoodli AI coach and practicing various peer conversation situations. These sessions will consolidate and reinforce concepts learned in the didactic sessions. The Yoodli AI coach is programmed with input on relationship style (a communication tool to assess communication style) to deliver personalized coaching.
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Intervention Feasibility (Quantitative)
Quantitative feasibility will be collected based on visit attendance.
Time frame: Post intervention follow up visit (Up to a month)
Intervention Feasibility (Qualitative)
Qualitative feasibility data will be collected from post-module mixed methods assessments, and exit interviews and focus groups.
Time frame: Post intervention follow up visit (Up to a month)
Intervention Acceptability (Quantitative)
Quantitative acceptability will be collected using an acceptability questionnaire. Quantitative acceptability will be integrated with qualitative data from post-module mixed methods assessments, and exit interviews and focus groups to understand intervention acceptability.
Time frame: Post intervention follow up visit (Up to a month)
Intervention Acceptability (Qualitative)
Qualitative acceptability data will be collected from post-module mixed methods assessments, and exit interviews and focus groups.
Time frame: Post intervention follow up visit (Up to a month)
Communication quality Multiple Goals Score
Rating process for communication quality analysis (CQA) domains. A domain score is calculated for each of the six communication quality domains (content, emotion, accommodation, engagement, relationship, and face). Using the emotion domain as an example, the neutral score is assigned as a "1," and as participants express emotion (as per the definition above and further detailed in the CQA codebook) the score increases with the highest quality score being "7". A domain score is assigned every five minutes for each of the six domains. The full range for each measure is 6 (most neutral)-42 (highest quality).
Time frame: Baseline
Communication quality Multiple Goals Score
Rating process for communication quality analysis (CQA) domains. A domain score is calculated for each of the six communication quality domains (content, emotion, accommodation, engagement, relationship, and face). Using the emotion domain as an example, the neutral score is assigned as a "1," and as participants express emotion (as per the definition above and further detailed in the CQA codebook) the score increases with the highest quality score being "7". A domain score is assigned every five minutes for each of the six domains. The full range for each measure is 6 (most neutral)-42 (highest quality).
Time frame: Post intervention follow up visit (Up to a month)
Anxiety
Anxiety will be measured using the Anxiety (Emotional Distress-Anxiety-Short Form 8a) measure from the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). It is an 8-item self-report questionnaire assessing anxiety symptoms over the past 7 days, including fear, tension, and worry. It is scored on a 5-point Likert scale (1=Never, 2=Rarely, 3=Sometimes, 4=Often, 5=Always).
Time frame: Baseline
Anxiety
Anxiety will be measured using the Anxiety (Emotional Distress-Anxiety-Short Form 8a) measure from the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). It is an 8-item self-report questionnaire assessing anxiety symptoms over the past 7 days, including fear, tension, and worry. It is scored on a 5-point Likert scale (1=Never, 2=Rarely, 3=Sometimes, 4=Often, 5=Always).
Time frame: Post intervention follow up visit (Up to a month)
Depression
Depression will be measured using the Depression (Emotional Distress-Depression-Short Form 8b) measure from the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). It is an 8-item, self-report questionnaire assessing negative mood, views of self, and social cognition over the past seven days. It uses a 5-point scale (1=Never, 5=Always) to measure severity.
Time frame: Baseline
Depression
Depression will be measured using the Depression (Emotional Distress-Depression-Short Form 8b) measure from the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). It is an 8-item, self-report questionnaire assessing negative mood, views of self, and social cognition over the past seven days. It uses a 5-point scale (1=Never, 5=Always) to measure severity.
Time frame: Post intervention follow up visit (Up to a month)
Social isolation
Social isolation will be measured by the validated Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Social Isolation Form 8a.The PROMIS Social Isolation 8a short form is a 8-item, self-report tool measuring perceived loneliness and detachment from others. It uses a 5-point Likert scale (1=Never to 5=Always) to assess feelings of being avoided, excluded, or disconnected.
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Time frame: Baseline
Social isolation
Social isolation will be measured by the validated Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Social Isolation Form 8a.The PROMIS Social Isolation 8a short form is a 8-item, self-report tool measuring perceived loneliness and detachment from others. It uses a 5-point Likert scale (1=Never to 5=Always) to assess feelings of being avoided, excluded, or disconnected.
Time frame: Post intervention follow up visit (Up to a month)