NCT01335152

Online Stress Management and Coping Skills Training for Women With Breast Cancer

Coping With Breast Cancer and Treatment: An E-Learning Course for Skills and Strategies

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Talaria, Inc · Industry
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Stress Management interventions have been shown to decrease cancer-related distress, foster emotional growth and improve immune functioning during treatment for breast cancer. This study will evaluate an online version of a stress management intervention for women with early stage breast cancer. Each chapter of the 10-week intervention include self-assessment and targeted feedback, education, interactive learning exercises -- all tailored to the needs of women with early stage breast cancer. In addition, guided writing exercises will promote emotional expression and a discussion board will encourage group support. The web-based intervention is being evaluated in a randomized clinical trial with a sample of 120 women with early stage breast cancer. Women will be randomly assigned to use the 10-week intervention with biweekly telephone assessments or to the telephone assessments alone.

Detailed description

Stress Management interventions have been shown to decrease cancer-related distress, foster emotional growth and improve immune functioning during treatment for breast cancer. This study will evaluate an online version of a stress management intervention for women with early stage breast cancer. Each chapter of the 10-week intervention include self-assessment and targeted feedback, education, interactive learning exercises -- all tailored to the needs of women with early stage breast cancer. In addition, guided writing exercises will promote emotional expression and a discussion board will encourage group support. The web-based intervention is being evaluated in a randomized clinical trial with a sample of 120 women with early stage breast cancer. Women will be randomly assigned to use the 10-week intervention with biweekly telephone assessments or to the telephone assessments alone.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Coping with Breast Cancer web-based workbook	10 chapter web-based workbook that teaches stress management, cognitive behavioral coping skills and relaxation training.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-04-01
• Primary completion: 2011-04-01
• Completion: 2011-08-01
• First posted: 2011-04-14
• Last updated: 2014-05-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States