PURPOSE/ OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the feasibility of a web-based psychosocial supportive intervention entitled Male Transition Toolkit (MaTT). . DESIGN: Randomized, controlled trial, mixed methods, concurrent feasibility design. . SETTING:Edmonton, a large metropolitan city in western Canada. . SAMPLE: 40 dyads (women with breast cancer and their spouse). . METHODS:Male spouse participants in the treatment group accessed MaTT for four weeks. Data on hope, quality of life, general self-efficacy, and caregiver guilt were collected at baseline and days 14, 28, and 56. Quality-of-life data were collected from the women with breast cancer at each time period. Qualitative data were collected from the usual care group in an open-ended interview and from the treatment group in an evaluation survey on days 14 and 28. . MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES: Feasibility, as measured by the MaTT questionnaire. . FINDINGS: Evaluation survey scores indicated that MaTT was feasible, acceptable, and easy to use. Male spouse quality-of-life scores were not significantly different between groups. As guilt scores decreased, male spouses' quality of life increased. . CONCLUSIONS: The findings provided useful information to strengthen MaTT and improve study design. Additional research is needed to determine its efficacy in improving male spouses' quality of life. . IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: MaTT is a feasible intervention. Future research should evaluate MaTT with larger samples as well as determine the amount of time participants used MaTT.
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PURPOSE/ OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the feasibility of a web-based psychosocial supportive intervention entitled Male Transition Toolkit (MaTT). . DESIGN: Randomized, controlled trial, mixed methods, concurrent feasibility design. . SETTING: Edmonton, a large metropolitan city in western Canada. . SAMPLE: 40 dyads (women with breast cancer and their spouse). . METHODS: Male spouse participants in the treatment group accessed MaTT for four weeks. Data on hope, quality of life, general self-efficacy, and caregiver guilt were collected at baseline and days 14, 28, and 56. Quality-of-life data were collected from the women with breast cancer at each time period. Qualitative data were collected from the usual care group in an open-ended interview and from the treatment group in an evaluation survey on days 14 and 28. . MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES: Feasibility, as measured by the MaTT questionnaire. . FINDINGS: Evaluation survey scores indicated that MaTT was feasible, acceptable, and easy to use. Male spouse quality-of-life scores were not significantly different between groups. As guilt scores decreased, male spouses' quality of life increased. . CONCLUSIONS: The findings provided useful information to strengthen MaTT and improve study design. Additional research is needed to determine its efficacy in improving male spouses' quality of life. . IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: MaTT is a feasible intervention. Future research should evaluate MaTT with larger samples as well as determine the amount of time participants used MaTT.
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breast cancer; feasibility; male spouses; online intervention; quality of life
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