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Trial reportBritish journal of cancer2006

Meeting the support and information needs of women with advanced breast cancer: a randomised controlled trial.

S Aranda, P Schofield, L Weih, D Milne, P Yates, R Faulkner

Abstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in British journal of cancer, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Specialist breast care nurses for support of women with breast cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  4. Telephone interventions for symptom management in adults with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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  5. Psychological interventions for women with metastatic breast cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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  6. The unfulfilled promise: a systematic review of interventions to reduce the unmet supportive care needs of cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2012
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  7. Professional patient navigation in a hospital setting: a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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  19. Geographical comparisons of information and support needs of Australian women following the primary treatment of breast cancer: a 10-year replication study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

S ArandaPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre, St Andrews Place, Locked Bag 1, A'Beckett Street, East Melbourne, Victoria 8006, Australia. sanchiaa@unimelb.edu.au
P Schofield
L Weih
D Milne
P Yates
R Faulkner

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Addressing psychosocial and quality of life needs is central to provision of excellent care for people with advanced cancer. This study tested a brief nurse-delivered intervention to address the needs of urban women with advanced breast cancer. This study was conducted at four large urban hospitals in Australia. One hundred and five women with advanced breast cancer were recruited and randomised to receive the intervention or usual care, then asked to complete the European Organisation of Research and Treatment of Quality of life Q-C30 version (2.0) (EORTC Q-C30) (version 2) and Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS) at 1 month and 3 months postrecruitment. No significant differences were detected between intervention and usual care groups in the SCNS or the EORTC Q-C30 subscale scores. However, when the groups were divided into high needs (score of above 50) and low baseline needs (score of 50 or below) for each SCNS subscale, a significant difference between intervention and usual care groups was found in the psychological/emotional subscale among women with high baseline needs. In conclusions, this study demonstrated that a face-to-face session and follow-up phone call with a breast care nurse significantly reduced the psychological and emotional needs of those with high initial needs. There was no evidence of the intervention influencing the quality of life; or perceived needs of women with low initial psychological/emotional needs or perceived needs in other domains. Possibly, the intervention was not sufficiently intense to achieve an effect.

Indexed as

Needs AssessmentNurse PractitionersOncology NursingSocial SupportAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAustraliaBreast NeoplasmsDisease ProgressionFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth Care SurveysHospitals, UrbanHumansMiddle Aged

Identifiers

PMID16967054
PMCPMC2360523

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