2022
Improving Breast Cancer Family Caregivers’ Palliative Care Literacy: A Pilot Randomized Trial
Schulman-Green D, Linsky S, Blatt L, Jeuland J, Kapo J, Jeon S. Improving Breast Cancer Family Caregivers’ Palliative Care Literacy: A Pilot Randomized Trial. Journal Of Family Nursing 2022, 29: 99-114. PMID: 35670155, DOI: 10.1177/10748407221099541.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer family caregiversCaregiver burdenFamily caregiversPilot Randomized TrialRandomized trialsMean agePreliminary efficacyCancer carePatient goalsIntervention participantsCare conversationsCare communicationCaregiver activitiesFurther studiesTrialsCaregiversBurdenTraining programParticipantsPatientsEthnic minoritiesIllnessFamily managementActivityLack of goals
2016
Integrating palliative care into self-management of breast cancer: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
Schulman-Green D, Linsky S, Jeon S, Kapo J, Blatt L, Chagpar A. Integrating palliative care into self-management of breast cancer: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2016, 48: 133-138. PMID: 27107680, PMCID: PMC4937876, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2016.04.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPalliative careBreast cancerPsycho-educational interventionPatient knowledgeFamily caregiversAttention control groupBreast cancer patients' knowledgeSymptom management toolkitSelf-management interventionsCancer patients' knowledgePreliminary effectsLarge-scale trialsIntervention effectsMinority participantsClinical factorsCurative treatmentCancer careIntervention groupExploratory aimSerious illnessPatient behaviorPatientsLength of lifeCancerEffect of MCC
2012
Validation of the Knowledge of Care Options Instrument To Measure Knowledge of Curative, Palliative, and Hospice Care
Schulman-Green D, Ercolano E, Jeon S, Dixon J. Validation of the Knowledge of Care Options Instrument To Measure Knowledge of Curative, Palliative, and Hospice Care. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2012, 15: 1091-1099. PMID: 22694739, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCare optionsHospice careMetastatic breast cancerMean pre-test scoreContent validity indexPatient populationTarget population sampleBreast cancerFamily caregiversRounds of reviewCognitive interviewsLarger studyHigh internal consistencyMean post-test scoreS-CVICarePopulation sampleTotal scaleAdditional testingAcceptable instrumentCancerInternal consistencyWomenOPTION instrumentLack of knowledge
2006
The Impact of Providing Symptom Management Assistance on Caregiver Reaction: Results of a Randomized Trial
Given B, Given CW, Sikorskii A, Jeon S, Sherwood P, Rahbar M. The Impact of Providing Symptom Management Assistance on Caregiver Reaction: Results of a Randomized Trial. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2006, 32: 433-443. PMID: 17085269, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.05.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFemale caregiversRandomized clinical trialsReduced symptom severityConventional careSymptom managementCognitive-behavioral interventionsCancer patientsClinical trialsIntervention groupFamily caregiversCaregiver involvementControl groupCaregiver reactionsFamily members' reactionsSymptom severitySymptomsPatientsBehavioral interventionsCaregiversExperimental interventionTrialsInterventionInvolvementChemotherapyGroup