Trial reportPsycho-oncology2011
Feasibility study of a randomized controlled trial of a telephone-delivered problem-solving-occupational therapy intervention to reduce participation restrictions in rural breast cancer survivors undergoing chemotherapy.
Trial report in Psycho-oncology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 36 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Remotely Supervised Exercise Program for Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemoradiation
Online Cancer-Related Fatigue Management
Who cites it
36 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Characterization and efficacy of lifestyle behavior change interventions among adult rural cancer survivors: a systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Pooled it
- Non-medical interventions to enhance return to work for people with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- The influence of telehealth-based cancer rehabilitation interventions on disability: a systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Physical Activity Interventions among Rural Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2021Pooled it
- A systematic review of behavioral interventions for rural breast cancer survivors.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions to enhance return-to-work for cancer patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Using technology to deliver cancer follow-up: a systematic review.BMC cancer · 2014Pooled it
- Goal Satisfaction, Not Attainment, Predicted Occupational Performance Improvement During Behavioral Activation/Problem-Solving Rehabilitation After Breast Cancer.OTJR : occupation, participation and health · 2026Trial
- Telephone-Based Rehabilitation Intervention to Optimize Activity Participation After Breast Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Hybrid Tele and In-Clinic Occupation Based Intervention to Improve Women's Daily Participation after Breast Cancer: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- An online randomized controlled trial, with or without problem-solving treatment, for long-term cancer survivors after hematopoietic cell transplantation.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2018Trial
- The 'Cancer Home-Life Intervention': A randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of an occupational therapy-based intervention in people with advanced cancer.Palliative medicine · 2018Trial
- Integral strategy to supportive care in breast cancer survivors through occupational therapy and a m-health system: design of a randomized clinical trial.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2016Trial
- Effectiveness of the "Cancer Home-Life Intervention" on everyday activities and quality of life in people with advanced cancer living at home: a randomised controlled trial and an economic evaluation.BMC palliative care · 2016Trial
- Effects of occupational therapy on quality of life of patients with metastatic prostate cancer. A randomized controlled study.Saudi medical journal · 2015Trial
- Evaluation of a complex intervention to improve activities of daily living of disabled cancer patients: protocol for a randomised controlled study and feasibility of recruitment and intervention.BMC health services research · 2014Trial
- Problem-solving strategies of women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer.Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie · 2012Trial
- Digitally Mediated Occupational Therapy to Increase Physical Activity in Urban and Rural Breast Cancer Survivors: Protocol for a Single-Arm Feasibility Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- A Process Evaluation of Intervention Delivery for a Cancer Survivorship Rehabilitation Clinical Trial Conducted during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
- Extension, austerity, and emergence: Themes identified from a global scoping review of non-urban occupational therapy services.Australian occupational therapy journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveBreast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy often experience functional effects of treatment that limit participation in life activities. The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a novel intervention for these restrictions, determine acceptability of the intervention, and preliminarily assess its effects.
methodsA pilot RCT of a telephone-delivered Problem-solving and Occupational Therapy intervention (PST-OT) to improve participation restrictions in rural breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Thirty-one participants with Stages 1-3 breast cancer were randomized to 6 weekly sessions of PST-OT (n = 15) and usual care (n = 16). The primary study outcome was the feasibility of conducting the trial. Secondary outcomes were functional, quality of life and emotional status as assessed at baseline, 6 and 12 weeks.
resultsOf 46 patients referred 31 were enrolled (67% recruitment rate), of which 6 participants withdrew (81% retention rate). Twenty-four participants completed all study-related assessments (77%). Ninety-two percent of PST-OT participants were highly satisfied with the intervention, and 92% reported PST-OT to be helpful/very helpful for overcoming participation restrictions. Ninety-seven percent of planned PST-OT treatment sessions were completed. Completion rates for PST-OT homework tasks were high. Measures of functioning, quality of life, and emotional state favored the PST-OT condition.
conclusionThis pilot study suggests that an RCT of the PST-OT intervention is feasible to conduct with rural breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy and that PST-OT may have positive effects on function, quality of life, and emotional state.
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