2022
Improving Breast Cancer Family Caregivers’ Palliative Care Literacy: A Pilot Randomized Trial
Schulman-Green D, Linsky S, Blatt L, Jeuland J, Kapo J, Jeon S. Improving Breast Cancer Family Caregivers’ Palliative Care Literacy: A Pilot Randomized Trial. Journal Of Family Nursing 2022, 29: 99-114. PMID: 35670155, DOI: 10.1177/10748407221099541.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer family caregiversCaregiver burdenFamily caregiversPilot Randomized TrialRandomized trialsMean agePreliminary efficacyCancer carePatient goalsIntervention participantsCare conversationsCare communicationCaregiver activitiesFurther studiesTrialsCaregiversBurdenTraining programParticipantsPatientsEthnic minoritiesIllnessFamily managementActivityLack of goals
2016
Integrating palliative care into self-management of breast cancer: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
Schulman-Green D, Linsky S, Jeon S, Kapo J, Blatt L, Chagpar A. Integrating palliative care into self-management of breast cancer: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2016, 48: 133-138. PMID: 27107680, PMCID: PMC4937876, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2016.04.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPalliative careBreast cancerPsycho-educational interventionPatient knowledgeFamily caregiversAttention control groupBreast cancer patients' knowledgeSymptom management toolkitSelf-management interventionsCancer patients' knowledgePreliminary effectsLarge-scale trialsIntervention effectsMinority participantsClinical factorsCurative treatmentCancer careIntervention groupExploratory aimSerious illnessPatient behaviorPatientsLength of lifeCancerEffect of MCC