PMID- 29052658
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180619
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 1538-0688 (Electronic)
IS  - 0190-535X (Linking)
VI  - 44
IP  - 6
DP  - 2017 Nov 1
TI  - Feasibility Study of an Online Intervention to Support Male Spouses of Women With 
      Breast Cancer.
PG  - 765-775
LID - 10.1188/17.ONF.765-775 [doi]
AB  - 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.
FAU - Duggleby, Wendy
AU  - Duggleby W
AD  - University of Alberta.
FAU - Ghosh, Sunita
AU  - Ghosh S
AD  - Alberta Health Services.
FAU - Struthers-Montford, Kelly
AU  - Struthers-Montford K
AD  - University of Alberta.
FAU - Nekolaichuk, Cheryl
AU  - Nekolaichuk C
AD  - University of Alberta.
FAU - Cumming, Ceinwen
AU  - Cumming C
AD  - Cross Cancer Institute.
FAU - Thomas, Roanne
AU  - Thomas R
AD  - University of Ottawa.
FAU - Tonkin, Katia
AU  - Tonkin K
AD  - Cross Cancer Institute.
FAU - Swindle, Jennifer
AU  - Swindle J
AD  - University of Alberta.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Oncol Nurs Forum
JT  - Oncology nursing forum
JID - 7809033
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Breast Neoplasms/*psychology
MH  - Canada
MH  - Caregivers/*education/*psychology
MH  - Computer-Assisted Instruction/methods
MH  - Feasibility Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Internet
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Quality of Life/*psychology
MH  - Spouses/*education/*psychology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - breast cancer
OT  - feasibility
OT  - male spouses
OT  - online intervention
OT  - quality of life
EDAT- 2017/10/21 06:00
MHDA- 2018/06/21 06:00
CRDT- 2017/10/21 06:00
PHST- 2017/10/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/10/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/06/21 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1188/17.ONF.765-775 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Oncol Nurs Forum. 2017 Nov 1;44(6):765-775. doi: 10.1188/17.ONF.765-775.