Improving Psychosocial Quality of Life in Women With Advanced Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Breast Cancer focused on measuring Metastatic, Quality of life, Decision making
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- female patients with metastatic breast cancer seeing one of the study physicians at one of the identified study clinics
- age 21 or older
- having suspected progression of metastatic disease
Exclusion Criteria:
- patients with an uncorrectable hearing impairment or having limited English proficiency, as this would adversely affect their ability to communicate with the physician
- patients with uncorrectable vision impairment, as this would make it impractical for the patient to read the intervention
- patients too ill to meaningfully converse with the physician
Sites / Locations
- H Lee Moffitt Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Intervention
Usual Care
Participants will begin with a pre-visit structured interview to determine emotional and physical well-being, anxiety, depression, and self-efficacy. Then they will be helped through the Patient-Participation Aid (PPA) by the research assistant (RA). Then they will meet with their doctor while the visit is video-recorded. After they will complete a post-visit interview to see if there were any health decisions made, patients level of involvement, and doctor communication. Follow up phone interviews will be conducted at 1 week and 3 months to assess patients self-reported changes in well-being, anxiety, depression, and decision regret.
Participants will begin with a pre-visit structured interview to determine emotional and physical well-being, anxiety, depression, and self-efficacy. They will have their doctor's visit video recorded. After they will complete a post-visit interview to see if there were any health decisions made, patients level of involvement, and doctor communication.Follow up phone interviews will be conducted at 1 week and 3 months to assess patients self-reported changes in well-being, anxiety, depression, and decision regret.