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Trial reportSocial science & medicine (1982)2021

Randomized controlled trial of a breast cancer Survivor Stories intervention for African American women.

Tess Thompson, Maria Pérez, Yan Yan, Matthew W Kreuter, Julie A Margenthaler, Graham A Colditz, Donna B Jeffe

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Trial report in Social science & medicine (1982), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00929084 (Survivor Stories), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT00929084 nacompletednot on this map

Survivor Stories: Impact on Cancer Patients' Quality of Life and Follow-up

TypeinterventionalSponsorWashington University School of MedicineRan2009 to 2016Enrolled228ConditionsBreast CancerArmsThe Survivor Stories Tablet
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Systematic Review of Interventions Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cancer Care and Health Outcomes.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tess ThompsonBrown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, USA. Electronic address: tessthompson@wustl.edu.
Maria PérezWashington University School of Medicine, USA.
Yan YanWashington University School of Medicine, USA.
Matthew W KreuterBrown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Julie A MargenthalerWashington University School of Medicine, USA.
Graham A ColditzWashington University School of Medicine, USA.
Donna B JeffeWashington University School of Medicine, USA.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Washington University Center for Cellular ImagingP30CA091842 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TIMOTHY J. EBERLEIN · 2001 to 2026
$128.0M
Training / Career DevelopmentP50CA095815 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KREUTER, MATTHEW W. · 2003 to 2012
$20.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA091842NCI NIH HHS P50 CA095815
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleVideo-based interventions hold promise for improving quality of life (QoL) among African American breast cancer patients.

objectiveAn interactive, cancer-communication intervention using African American breast cancer survivors' narratives was tested in a randomized controlled trial to determine whether viewing survivor stories improved newly diagnosed African American breast cancer patients' QoL.

methodParticipants were 228 African American women with non-metastatic breast cancer interviewed five times over two years; 120 controls received standard medical care, and 108 intervention-arm participants also received a tablet-computer with survivor stories three times in 12 months. Growth curve models were used to analyze differences between arms in change in eight RAND 36-Item Health Survey subscales, depressive symptoms, and concerns about recurrence. Additional models explored the effects of intervention usage and other intervention-related variables on QoL among patients in the intervention arm.

resultsModels showed no effect of study arm on QoL, depressive symptoms, or concerns about recurrence. Longer use of the intervention was associated with an increase in concerns about recurrence and decline in three QoL subscales: emotional wellbeing, energy/fatigue, and role limitations due to physical health.

conclusionAlthough no significant impact of the intervention on QoL was observed when comparing the two study arms, in the intervention arm longer intervention use was associated with declines in three QoL subscales and increased concerns about recurrence. Women with improving QoL may have interacted with the tablet less because they felt less in need of information; it is also possible that encouraging patients to compare themselves to survivors who had already recovered from breast cancer led some patients to report lower QoL. Future work is warranted to examine whether adding different stories to this cancer-communication intervention or using stories in conjunction with additional health promotion strategies (e.g., patient navigation) might improve QoL for African American breast cancer patients.

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Breast NeoplasmsCancer SurvivorsBlack or African AmericanFemaleHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalQuality of LifeAfrican AmericansBreast neoplasmsHealth communicationsQuality of lifeRandomized controlled trialUnited States

Identifiers

PMID33454539
PMCPMC8173764
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