Web-Based Personalized Intervention to Improve Quality of Life and Self-Efficacy of Long-Term Breast Cancer Survivors: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Nelia Soto-Ruiz, Paula Escalada-Hernández, Leticia San Martín-Rodríguez (), Marta Ferraz-Torres and Cristina García-Vivar
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Nelia Soto-Ruiz: Department of Health Science, Public University of Navarre, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Paula Escalada-Hernández: Department of Health Science, Public University of Navarre, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Leticia San Martín-Rodríguez: Department of Health Science, Public University of Navarre, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Marta Ferraz-Torres: Department of Health Science, Public University of Navarre, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Cristina García-Vivar: Department of Health Science, Public University of Navarre, 31008 Pamplona, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-12

Abstract: Long-term breast cancer survivors (>5 years free of disease) may suffer late sequelae of cancer that impact on their quality of life. The use of telehealth for cancer care is recommended but little is known about the effectiveness of digital interventions for long-term cancer survivors. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based personalized intervention based on artificial intelligence instead of usual primary health care to improve the quality of life of long-term survivors of breast cancer and self-efficacy for the management of late sequelae. A randomized controlled trial will be conducted. The sample will consist of long-term breast cancer survivors recruited from primary health centers. Women will be randomly assigned to the intervention group to receive a web-based personalized intervention or to the control group to receive standard primary health care by nurses. Data on quality of life of cancer survivors and self-efficacy for the management of late sequelae of cancer will be collected and assessed at preintervention, and at 3, 6, and 9 months. It is expected that, at the end of the programme, the experimental group will have improved quality of life and improved self-efficacy for the management of late sequelae of cancer.

Keywords: cancer survivors; long-term survivors; web-based intervention; quality of life; nurses (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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