Telephone-Linked Care: Enhancing Self-Care for Women With Breast Cancer
Abstract
The objective of this pilot study is to develop informational messages about managing 6 common symptoms (nausea/vomiting, trouble sleeping, fatigue, trouble thinking, fever/hills, and pain), integrating them with a computer-based telephone symptom monitoring system, Telephone Linked Care (TLC) and then evaluating the usefulness of the TLC system and the informational messages during a cycle of chemotherapy for breast cancer. Using an experimental design with random assignment to the TLC program or standard care, participants in the experimental group will call the TLC system daily. Descriptive statistics and t-test will be used for analysis. The specific aims of the study are: 1. To test the feasibility of a computer-based telephone communication system (TLC) to provide informational messages about symptom management self care strategies for breast cancer patients during a cycle of chemotherapy. 2. To assess participant satisfaction, level of acceptability and the degree of difficulty in using the informational messages from the patient's perspective. 3. To compare the use of self care strategies, their perceived effectiveness and the source of information about the self care strategy between patients utilizing the TLC system and a control group receiving standard care.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA423068
Entities
People
- Kathleen H. Mooney
Organizations
- University of Utah