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| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | NIH |
The objective of the TOGETHER (Together Overcome and Get Empowered Through Health Education and Relationships) program was to examine the effectiveness of one of the first linguistically and culturally tailored intervention programs to increase quality of life among Korean American breast cancer survivors.
This study employed a randomized trial design, consisting of a standard and enhanced intervention group. Participants attended seven weekly sessions and one follow-up session that lasted for about 2 hours each. All sessions were conducted by two Korean female bilingual licensed clinical psychologists.
The specific aims of this study were to: (1) Implement and evaluate the effects of tailored intervention on perceived stress, coping and quality of life among Korean American breast cancer survivors; and (2) Conduct a process evaluation to assess the feasibility and fidelity of the intervention, which will provide data that can inform the development of future interventions.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Standard Intervention | Active Comparator | The standard intervention group received linguistically and culturally tailored information regarding breast cancer and survivorship. |
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| Enhanced Intervention | Experimental | The enhanced intervention group received linguistically and culturally tailored information regarding breast cancer and survivorship as well as cognitive-behavioral stress management. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Linguistically and Culturally Tailored Information | Behavioral | Participants received linguistically and culturally tailored information on diet and nutrition, physical activity, managing treatment side effects, follow-up care plans, complementary and alternative medicine, reducing environmental exposure to estrogen, navigating cancer-related financial issues, family history, body image, sexuality, and advances in breast cancer research. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast (FACT-B) | changes in quality of life during baseline, 7 weeks, and 14 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Cancer Behavior Inventory- Brief Version (CBI-B) | changes in self-efficacy for coping with cancer during baseline, 7 weeks, and 14 weeks | |
| Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) | changes in stress during baseline, 7 weeks, and 14 weeks |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Sunmin Lee, ScD | University of Maryland School of Public Health | Principal Investigator |
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| Label | URL |
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| TOGETHER Program website | View source |
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| Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management | Behavioral | Participants learned and practiced skills related to mindfulness, relaxation, stress reduction, rational thinking, improving coping, enhancing social support, anger management, and assertiveness training. |
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| Additional items to assess improvement in skills/knowledge covered by the intervention program | Participants were asked 12 multiple choice items on coping with stress, utilizing social support, anger management, assertiveness, and communicating with healthcare providers as well as 1 open-ended item on how participants cope with stress. Multiple choice items were on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from never to very often. | changes in responses during baseline, 7 weeks, and 14 weeks |
| ID | Term |
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| D001943 | Breast Neoplasms |
| ID | Term |
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| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D001941 | Breast Diseases |
| D012871 | Skin Diseases |
| D017437 | Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |
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