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Brief Title: Psychosocial Support for African-American, Latina-American, or European-American Cervical Cancer Survivors
Official Title: Cervical Cancer Survivorship Among African-, European-, and Latina-American Survivors
Study ID: NCT00915889
Brief Summary: RATIONALE: Telephone counseling may help reduce depression and anxiety and improve the well-being and quality of life of cervical cancer survivors. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well psychosocial support works in African-American, Latina-American, or European-American cervical cancer survivors.
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the utility of the 6 telephone sessions (low intensity: LiTx) and 8 telephone sessions (high intensity: HiTx) plus Survivorship Booklet designed to educate and improve awareness of the physical and psychological impact of cancer and increase knowledge of appropriate medical and psychosocial resources for women with cervical cancer. II. To evaluate the utility of the telephone sessions (LiTx and HiTx) designed to improve psychological functioning (decrease depression and anxiety) of women with cervical cancer. III. To evaluate the utility of the telephone sessions (LiTx and HiTx) designed to improve social functioning (family support and communication). OUTLINE: Patients are clinically assigned to 1 of 2 groups. GROUP I: Patients receive a survivorship booklet in the mail that contains information about cervical cancer. Patients then receive a follow-up telephone call at 3 months to clarify any issues relevant to the survivorship booklet. GROUP II: Patients are randomly assigned to receive either 6 or 8 weekly telephone sessions that address managing medical issues, health education, and cancer resources; balancing emotions and managing stress; coping skills and problem solving; family and social concerns; relational, intimacy, and sexual concerns; and financial and employment concerns. Patients also receive a survivorship booklet as in group I.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers: No
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
Name: Kimlin Ashing-Giwa, PhD
Affiliation: City of Hope Medical Center
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR