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Preliminary evaluation of psychoeducational support interventions on quality of life in rural breast cancer survivors after primary treatment . Although most cancer survivors are at risk for being lost in the transition from treatment to survivorship , rural breast cancer survivors face special challenges that might place them at particular risk . This small-scale preliminary study had 2 specific aims : ( aim 1 ) establish the feasibility of rural breast cancer survivors participation in a longitudinal quality of life ( QOL ) intervention trial and ( aim 2 ) determine the effects of the Breast Cancer Education Intervention ( BCEI ) on overall QOL . Fifty-three rural breast cancer survivors were randomized to either an experimental ( n = 27 ) or a wait-control arm ( n = 26 ) . Participants in the experimental arm received the BCEI consisting of 3 face-to-face education and support sessions and 2 face-to-face and 3 telephone follow-up sessions , along with supplemental written and audiotape materials over a 6-month period . Breast Cancer Education Intervention modules and interventions are organized within a QOL framework . To address the possible effects of attention , wait-control participants received 3 face-to-face sessions and 3 telephone sessions during the first 6 months of participation in the study , but not the BCEI intervention . Research questions addressing aim 1 were as follows : ( a ) can rural breast cancer survivors be recruited into a longitudinal intervention trial , and ( b ) can their participation be retained . Research questions for aim 2 were as follows : ( a ) do participants who received the BCEI show improvement in overall QOL , and ( b ) is the QOL improvement sustained over time . Data were analyzed using repeated-measures general linear mixed models . Results demonstrated the ability to recruit and retain 53 rural breast cancer survivors , that the experimental arm showed improvement in overall QOL ( P = .013 ) , and that there were significant differences in overall QOL between the experimental and wait-control groups at both months 3 and 6 . Thus , it appears that at least some rural breast cancer survivors can and will participate in a larger trial and will maintain their participation and that those that do participate experience significant QOL benefit .
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Intervention_Educational
psychoeducational support interventions
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Intervention_Educational
longitudinal quality of life ( QOL ) intervention
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Intervention_Educational
Breast Cancer Education Intervention ( BCEI )
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Intervention_Educational
3 face-to-face education and support sessions
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Intervention_Educational
telephone follow-up sessions
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Intervention_Educational
Breast Cancer Education Intervention modules and interventions
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Intervention_Educational
BCEI intervention
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Outcome_Other
quality of life
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Outcome_Other
quality of life ( QOL )
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Outcome_Other
overall QOL .
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Outcome_Physical
overall QOL
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Participant_Condition
breast cancer
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Participant_Sample-size
Fifty-three