NCT05576545

Develop and Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Self-Care Smartphone Application on the Self-Efficacy, and Resilience Among Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 73 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was to develop and evaluate the self-efficacy and resilience of the Breast Cancer Self-Care App in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Detailed description

This study was to develop and evaluate the self-efficacy and resilience of the Breast Cancer Self-Care App in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. In the first phase of this study, develop a prototype the Breast Cancer Self-Care App by conducting patients interviews. In the second phase, an experimental two-group pretest-posttest quantitative study design to evaluate the self-efficacy and resilience of the Breast Cancer Self-Care App in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The patients were randomized to the experimental and control groups. Patients in the control group received general routine care and patients in the experimental group received general routine care plus the Breast Cancer Self-Care App intervention. Both groups completed a basic demographics, self-efficacy and resilience questionnaires at the pre-test and after four weeks.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer
• Breast Neoplasm
• Breast Malignant Tumor
• Resilience
• Self-efficacy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	The Breast Cancer Self-Care App	The Breast Cancer Self-Care App includes several parts- introduction to breast cancer, types of treatment, side effects care, nutrition, relaxation videos, insurance, medical news and recording side effects, etc. The researcher assisted in installing the App on the patient's mobile phone, entered the personal account, and asked the patient to fill in questionnaires. Patients were given individual health education task in the Breast Cancer Self-Care App every week according to the type of chemotherapy drugs. After four weeks, they filled in questionnaires again.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-18
• Primary completion: 2022-08-15
• Completion: 2022-08-15
• First posted: 2022-10-12
• Last updated: 2022-10-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan