A Study on Efficacy of Telephone Follow up for the Women with Breast Cancer in Eastern Area of Taiwan
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Chen, Pin-Pei
Abstract
Aims：The aims of this study were to examine (1) the effects of telephone follow up intervention on reducing the sense of anxiety, status of stagnation and increasing the cancer coping behavior for women with breast cancer in eastern area of Taiwan, and (2)what aspects of telephone follow up intervention worked to contribute to the therapeutic effects in the views of women with breast cancer.ethods：This study was a randomized trial design. The subjects were recruited from outpatient and inpatient departments of breast cancer surgery and oncology of medical center in Hualien from January 2009 to April 2009. The subjects were randomly assigned to the experimental or control group by using simple random method. The 14 subjects in the experimental group and the 14 subjects in the control group completed the study. In addition to the physician’s usual care, the subjects in the experimental group received the 8-session telephone follow up intervention. The subjects in the control group only received physician’s usual care. The measurement time included pre and post tests. The outcome measures were State Anxiety Inventory, Stagnation Scale and Cancer Coping Behavior Inventory-Brief. In the last session of telephone follow up, the subjects in the experimental group were invited to express their views on the therapeutic mechanisms of telephone follow up intervention.esult：The results revealed that at post-test, the scores of State Anxiety Inventory and Stagnation scale decreased and scores of Cancer Coping Behavior Inventory-Brief increased in the experimental group. Differently, in the control group, the scores of State Anxiety Inventory and Stagnation scale increased and scores of Cancer Coping Behavior Inventory-Brief decreased. According to the Mann-Whitney U test, the results indicated that there were no significant differences in the scores of State Anxiety Inventory (Z= -.622，p=.534) and Stagnation Scale (Z= -.621，p=.535) between the experimental group and the control group. However, there was a significant difference in the score of Coping the Side Effect of Treatment Induced Subscale of the Cancer Behavior Inventory-Brief scale. The findings illustrated that the telephone follow up intervention could increased the coping behaviors of coping with side effects caused by treatment in the patients with breast cancer. In the views of women with breast cancer, the therapeutic mechanisms of telephone follow up intervention included “impart information”, “improve confidence about the therapy”, “establish social support network and express emotions”, “assist to adapt the sick roles”, and “develop positive views of suffering from cancer and meanings of life”.onclusion：The positive cancer coping behaviors in breast cancer women living in the remote area could be achieved through telephone follow up providing information about disease and treatments and psychosocial support. The future study may enlarge sample size to demonstrate the effects of the telephone follow up intervention.
Subjects
women with breast cancer
telephone follow up intervention
anxiety
stagnation
cancer coping behavior
SDGs
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