Jacqueline N Casillas1,2, Lindsay F Schwartz3, Catherine M Crespi4, Patricia A Ganz5,6,7, Katherine L Kahn8, Margaret L Stuber9, Roshan Bastani5,7, Faisal Alquaddomi10, Deborah L Estrin10. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, A2-410 MDCC, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1752, USA. jcasillas@mednet.ucla.edu. 2. Center for Cancer Prevention and Control Research, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. jcasillas@mednet.ucla.edu. 3. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, A2-410 MDCC, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1752, USA. 4. Department of Biostatistics, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 5. Center for Cancer Prevention and Control Research, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 6. Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 7. Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 8. Department of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 9. Department of Psychiatry, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 10. Department of Computer Science, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE:Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors experience unique barriers that compromise receipt of survivorship care; therefore, development of innovative educational interventions to improve rates of AYA survivorship care is needed. The efficacy of text-messaging and peer navigation interventions was compared to standard-of-care survivorship educational materials to increase AYAs' (1) late effects knowledge and (2) knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy towards seeking survivor-focused care. METHODS: This was a three-armed, prospective, randomized controlled trial with one control group and two intervention groups. The control group received current standard-of-care educational materials. One intervention group participated in a text-messaging program, and the second participated in a peer navigator program. Participants completed pre- and post-intervention questionnaires. Study outcome variables were quantified using Fisher exact tests, two-sample t tests, exact McNemar tests, conditional logistic regression models, and analysis of covariance. RESULTS:Seventy-one survivors completed the study (control n = 24; text-messaging n = 23; peer navigation n = 24). Late effects knowledge was high at baseline for all groups. The text-messaging group had increased survivorship care knowledge compared to the control group (p < 0.05); the peer navigation group had increased survivorship care self-efficacy compared to the control group; p < 0.05. Both intervention groups showed increased attitudes towards seeking survivor-focused care compared to the control group (text-messaging p < 0.05; peer navigation p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Each intervention demonstrated significant benefits compared to the control group. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: Given the preliminary effectiveness of both interventions, each can potentially be used in the future by AYA cancer survivors to educate and empower them to obtain needed survivorship care.
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PURPOSE: Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors experience unique barriers that compromise receipt of survivorship care; therefore, development of innovative educational interventions to improve rates of AYA survivorship care is needed. The efficacy of text-messaging and peer navigation interventions was compared to standard-of-care survivorship educational materials to increase AYAs' (1) late effects knowledge and (2) knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy towards seeking survivor-focused care. METHODS: This was a three-armed, prospective, randomized controlled trial with one control group and two intervention groups. The control group received current standard-of-care educational materials. One intervention group participated in a text-messaging program, and the second participated in a peer navigator program. Participants completed pre- and post-intervention questionnaires. Study outcome variables were quantified using Fisher exact tests, two-sample t tests, exact McNemar tests, conditional logistic regression models, and analysis of covariance. RESULTS: Seventy-one survivors completed the study (control n = 24; text-messaging n = 23; peer navigation n = 24). Late effects knowledge was high at baseline for all groups. The text-messaging group had increased survivorship care knowledge compared to the control group (p < 0.05); the peer navigation group had increased survivorship care self-efficacy compared to the control group; p < 0.05. Both intervention groups showed increased attitudes towards seeking survivor-focused care compared to the control group (text-messaging p < 0.05; peer navigation p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Each intervention demonstrated significant benefits compared to the control group. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: Given the preliminary effectiveness of both interventions, each can potentially be used in the future by AYA cancer survivors to educate and empower them to obtain needed survivorship care.
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Adolescents and young adults; Cancer survivors; Cancer survivorship care; Peer navigation; Text-messaging
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