Educational Counseling in Improving Communication and Quality of Life in Spouses and Breast Cancer Patients

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Conditions studied: Anxiety Disorder, Depression, Ductal Breast Carcinoma in Situ, Lobular Breast Carcinoma in Situ, Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment, Stage IA Breast Cancer, Stage IB Breast Cancer, Stage II Breast Cancer, Stage IIIA Breast Cancer, Stage IIIB Breast Cancer, Stage IIIC Breast Cancer

In brief

This randomized clinical trial studies educational counseling in improving communication and quality of life in spouses and breast cancer patients. An outpatient education and behavior skills training program may help spouses and patients with breast cancer communicate better and improve quality of life. It is not yet known whether educational counseling is more effective than an educational booklet in improving communication and quality of life.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01723943

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

108

Starts

2009-03-01

Expected to finish

2014-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-02-08

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Spouses (in both heterosexual couples and same-sex couples) of women diagnosed within the past 6 months with stage 0, I, II or III breast cancer (in situ/local/regional disease) will be eligible to participate, as will the diagnosed wife/partner
• Spouses and patients must be married or cohabiting for at least 6 months
• Spouses and patients must have English as one of their languages of choice (they can be multilingual)
• Spouses and patients must live within 25 miles of the University of Washington (UW) study center
• Spouses/partners must be willing to give a sample of blood and/or sputum at time of first and second data collections

You may not qualify if…

• Woman diagnosed with stage IV or recurrent breast cancer or who is > 6 months post-diagnosis
• Woman and/or spouse not able to read and write in English
• Spouses could not participate if the ill partner refused participation

Where it is running

• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium — Seattle, Washington, United States

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