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Study aim
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Investigating the effect of providing support and palliative care services in the form of face-to-face and online combination on the quality of life of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients
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Design
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A clinical trial with a control group, with parallel groups, one-blind, randomized on 210 patients
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Settings and conduct
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The study is in the field of support and care services and will be implemented on patients who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. This study will be carried out in Omid Hospital, Isfahan. This study is double blind and the participants and the analyst are blinded.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria are women with breast cancer, oncology specialist referral, no serious psychiatric illness, no substance abuse or dependence.
Exclusion criteria: serious psychiatric illness, substance abuse.
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Intervention groups
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This study includes three groups. Two intervention groups and one control group. In the first intervention group, people are first referred by an oncology specialist, and then the patients are given information about the disease and receive support and care services. In the first group, people receive face-to-face services, and care and support services include psychiatrists, psychologists, nutritional consultants, and spiritual psychologists. In the second intervention group, they receive online services, which are available in the Web-app designed by our researchers.
The third group is the control group that does not receive any services.
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Main outcome variables
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Cancer Quality of Life ; patient Quality of Life ; Anxiety and depression ; Supportive Care Needs ;