Quality of Life in African-American or Caucasian Female Breast Cancer Survivors
Survey of the Quality of Life of Women
RATIONALE: Studying quality of life in cancer survivors may help determine the long-term effects of breast cancer and may help improve the quality of life for future cancer survivors.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the quality of life in African-American or Caucasian female breast cancer survivors.
Studieoversigt
Status
Betingelser
Detaljeret beskrivelse
OBJECTIVES:
- Compare disease-specific, generic, and global quality of life measures in African-American survivors of breast cancer with Caucasian survivors of breast cancer.
- Compare these quality of life measures in African-American survivors of breast cancer with control group of African-American women with no history of breast cancer.
OUTLINE: Patients and healthy participants complete a battery of quality of life (QOL) questionnaires over approximately 65 minutes by mail or over the phone, including the Sexual Function Index, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Fatigue, Concerns About Recurrence Scale, and other measures of symptoms/side effects (including sleep problems), the RAND Physical Functioning -10 Scale, Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression Scale, assessment of family function/social support, ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale, Reed Spiritual Perspective Scale, assessments of coping and body image, Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory, and the Index of Well-being. Demographic, disease, treatment, and comorbidity information, as well as menstrual and gynecological history, work status and insurance history, and a measure of health care provider communication is collected using questionnaires and medical chart review.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 195 patients and healthy participants will be accrued for this study.
Undersøgelsestype
Tilmelding (Forventet)
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiesteder
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Indiana
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Indianapolis, Indiana, Forenede Stater, 46202-5289
- Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
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Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Beskrivelse
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Meets 1 of the following criteria:
African-American or Caucasian breast cancer survivor
- Diagnosed with stage I-III breast cancer between the years of 1995-2003
- Receiving follow up care at the Indiana University Cancer Center (IUCC), the IUCC Northside Clinic, Spring Mill Clinic, or Wishard Memorial Hospital
Healthy African-American
- Acquaintance of an African-American breast cancer survivor
- Not known to have breast cancer
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Female
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Samarbejdspartnere
Efterforskere
- Studiestol: Kathleen Russell, RN, DNS, Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart
Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)
Studieafslutning (Faktiske)
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Skøn)
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Nøgleord
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- IUMC-0209-08B
- CDR0000459904 (Registry Identifier: PDQ (Physician Data Query))
- IUMC-0502-01B
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