Meg Wise1, Lucille R Marchand2, Linda J Roberts3, Ming-Yuan Chih4. 1. 1 Sonderegger Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison, Wisconsin. 2. 2 Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington-Seattle , Seattle, Washington. 3. 3 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison, Wisconsin. 4. 4 Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Kentucky , Lexington, Kentucky.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Advanced cancer can erode patients' wellbeing. Narrative interventions have improved patients' wellbeing, but might not be feasible for widespread implementation. OBJECTIVES: (1) Test the effects of miLivingStory, a telephone-based life review and illness narrative intervention with online resources and social networking, on community-dwelling advanced cancer patients' wellbeing. (2) Explore intervention use and satisfaction. PATIENTS AND SETTING: Stage III or IV cancer patients having completed initial therapy were randomized to miLivingStory or to an active control group, miOwnResources. Data and Analysis: Primary outcomes measured at baseline, two and four months included subscales for the FACIT-Sp peace and meaning and the POMS-SF depressed, anxious, and angry mood, scored on 0-4-point Likert scales. Linear mixed modeling, controlling for baseline primary outcome scores, tested for group comparisons of repeated outcome measures. Pairwise comparisons tested for within- and between-group differences. Intervention use and satisfaction data were collected automatically and by survey. RESULTS:Eighty-six primarily white, female patients with high baseline wellbeing completed the study. There were no between-group differences at baseline or at two months. At four months, miLivingStory had a direct and positive effect for peace (2.86 vs. 2.57, p = 0.029), a trend effect for lower depressed mood (0.55 vs. 0.77, p = 0.097), and appeared to protect against the control group's declining wellbeing between two and four months. miLivingStory use was low and assessed as helpful to quite helpful. CONCLUSIONS:Telephone-based narrative interventions hold promise in improving advanced cancer patients' wellbeing. Further testing of delivery and implementation strategies is warranted.
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BACKGROUND:Advanced cancer can erode patients' wellbeing. Narrative interventions have improved patients' wellbeing, but might not be feasible for widespread implementation. OBJECTIVES: (1) Test the effects of miLivingStory, a telephone-based life review and illness narrative intervention with online resources and social networking, on community-dwelling advanced cancerpatients' wellbeing. (2) Explore intervention use and satisfaction. PATIENTS AND SETTING: Stage III or IV cancerpatients having completed initial therapy were randomized to miLivingStory or to an active control group, miOwnResources. Data and Analysis: Primary outcomes measured at baseline, two and four months included subscales for the FACIT-Sp peace and meaning and the POMS-SF depressed, anxious, and angry mood, scored on 0-4-point Likert scales. Linear mixed modeling, controlling for baseline primary outcome scores, tested for group comparisons of repeated outcome measures. Pairwise comparisons tested for within- and between-group differences. Intervention use and satisfaction data were collected automatically and by survey. RESULTS: Eighty-six primarily white, female patients with high baseline wellbeing completed the study. There were no between-group differences at baseline or at two months. At four months, miLivingStory had a direct and positive effect for peace (2.86 vs. 2.57, p = 0.029), a trend effect for lower depressed mood (0.55 vs. 0.77, p = 0.097), and appeared to protect against the control group's declining wellbeing between two and four months. miLivingStory use was low and assessed as helpful to quite helpful. CONCLUSIONS: Telephone-based narrative interventions hold promise in improving advanced cancerpatients' wellbeing. Further testing of delivery and implementation strategies is warranted.
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Keywords:
cancer narratives; existential wellbeing; life review; narrative interventions
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