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Development and Refinement of a Telehealth Intervention for Symptom Management, Distress, and Adherence to Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy after Breast Cancer.

Abstract
Adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) prevents recurrence after early stage, hormone sensitive breast cancer; however, adherence to AET is suboptimal, and efficacious interventions are severely lacking. Barriers to adherence are well established; however, interventions, thus, far have failed to produce meaningful changes in adherence and have generally not followed guiding principles of psychosocial intervention development. The purpose of this paper is to describe the iterative development, using the National Institutes of Health Stage Model for Behavioral Intervention Development, of an evidence-based, patient-centered, telehealth intervention to enhance adherence, improve symptom management, and reduce distress for patients taking AET after breast cancer, with a focus on (1) a small open pilot study which informed modifications and refinement of the intervention based on quantitative and qualitative patient feedback about feasibility and acceptability and (2) the underlying theoretical and empirical rationale for each component of the finalized intervention. Clinical implications and directions for future research are discussed.
AuthorsJamie M Jacobs, Emily A Walsh, Chelsea S Rapoport, Michael H Antoni, Elyse R Park, Kathryn Post, Amy Comander, Jeffrey Peppercorn, Steven A Safren, Jennifer S Temel, Joseph A Greer
JournalJournal of clinical psychology in medical settings (J Clin Psychol Med Settings) Vol. 28 Issue 3 Pg. 603-618 (09 2021) ISSN: 1573-3572 [Electronic] United States
PMID33219901 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
Copyright© 2020. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Chemical References
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Topics
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal (therapeutic use)
  • Breast Neoplasms (drug therapy)
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Medication Adherence
  • Pilot Projects
  • Telemedicine

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