TY - JOUR
T1 - Profiles of women with breast cancer
T2 - Who responds to a telephone interpersonal counseling intervention?
AU - Badger, Terry
AU - Segrin, Chris
AU - Meek, Paul
AU - Lopez, Ana Maria
AU - Bonham, Elizabeth
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Badger is Professor, The University of Arizona, College of Nursing, 1305 North Martin, Tucson, AZ 85721-0203 (E-mail: [email protected]). Dr. Segrin is Professor, The University of Arizona, Department of Communication, Tucson, AZ 85721 (E-mail: [email protected]). Dr. Meek is Professor, The University of New Mexico, College of Nursing, 2502 Marble Avenue, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131 (E-mail: [email protected]). Dr. Lopez is Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pathology, Arizona Cancer Center, Arizona Health Science Center, Tucson, AZ 85724-5024 (E-mail: [email protected]). Ms. Bonham is a Doctoral Student, The University of Arizona, College of Nursing, 1305 North Martin, Tucson, AZ 85721-0203 (E-mail: [email protected]). Address correspondence to Dr. Badger at the above address. Funding provided for this study by the ONS Foundation Symptom Management Grant.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to discuss the profiles of women with breast cancer for whom a telephone interpersonal counseling intervention (TIP-C) was beneficial for symptom management and quality of life. This analysis was based on 24 participants who completed the telephone counseling intervention and all three measurements over the course of 10-week pilot study. The typical woman with breast cancer was white, in her mid-fifties and married at the time of the study. The majority was Stage II and was receiving chemotherapy as their primary adjuvant treatment. Preliminary findings suggest that women who were in long-term marriages and reported no previous history of depression or cancer benefited most from the intervention. These women reported less depression, negative affect, symptom distress and fatigue, and improved quality of life. Several theories are proposed for these findings and implications for practice are discussed.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to discuss the profiles of women with breast cancer for whom a telephone interpersonal counseling intervention (TIP-C) was beneficial for symptom management and quality of life. This analysis was based on 24 participants who completed the telephone counseling intervention and all three measurements over the course of 10-week pilot study. The typical woman with breast cancer was white, in her mid-fifties and married at the time of the study. The majority was Stage II and was receiving chemotherapy as their primary adjuvant treatment. Preliminary findings suggest that women who were in long-term marriages and reported no previous history of depression or cancer benefited most from the intervention. These women reported less depression, negative affect, symptom distress and fatigue, and improved quality of life. Several theories are proposed for these findings and implications for practice are discussed.
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Interventions
KW - Psychosocial interventions
KW - Psychosocial oncology
KW - Telephone
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U2 - 10.1300/J077v23n02_06
DO - 10.1300/J077v23n02_06
M3 - Article
C2 - 16492653
AN - SCOPUS:33645728007
SN - 0734-7332
VL - 23
SP - 79
EP - 100
JO - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
JF - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
IS - 2-3
ER -