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| Title |
A mobile application of breast cancer e-support program versus routine Care in the treatment of Chinese women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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| Published in |
BMC Cancer, April 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12885-017-3276-7 |
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| Authors |
Jiemin Zhu, Lyn Ebert, Xiangyu Liu, Sally Wai-Chi Chan |
| Abstract |
Women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy suffer from a number of symptoms and report receiving inadequate support from health care professionals. Innovative and easily accessible interventions are lacking. Breast Cancer e-Support is a mobile Application program (App) that provides patients with individually tailored information and a support group of peers and health care professionals. Breast Cancer e-Support aims to promote women's self-efficacy, social support and symptom management, thus improving their quality of life and psychological well-being. A single-blinded, multi-centre, randomised, 6-month, parallel-group superiority design will be used. Based on Bandura's self-efficacy theory and the social exchange theory, Breast Cancer e-Support has four modules: 1) a Learning forum; 2) a Discussion forum; 3) an Ask-the-Expert forum; and 4) a Personal Stories forum. Women with breast cancer (n = 108) who are commencing chemotherapy will be recruited from two university-affiliated hospitals in China. They will be randomly assigned to either control group that receives routine care or intervention group that receives routine care plus access to Breast Cancer e-Support program during their four cycles of chemotherapy. Self-efficacy, social support, symptom distress, quality of life, and anxiety and depression will be measured at baseline, then one week and 12 weeks post-intervention. This is the first study of its kind in China to evaluate the use of a mobile application intervention with a rigorous research design and theoretical framework. This study will contribute to evidence regarding the effectiveness of a theory-based mobile application to support women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy. The results should provide a better understanding of the role of self-efficacy and social support in reducing symptom distress and of the credibility of using a theoretical framework to develop internet-based interventions. The results will provide evidence to support the implementation of an innovative and easily accessible intervention that enhances health outcomes. ACTRN: ACTRN12616000639426 , Registered 17 May, 2016. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 373 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 48 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 43 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 40 | 11% |
| Researcher | 32 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 24 | 6% |
| Other | 56 | 15% |
| Unknown | 130 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 78 | 21% |
| Psychology | 48 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 45 | 12% |
| Computer Science | 14 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 3% |
| Other | 37 | 10% |
| Unknown | 139 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
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