A New Tool to Promote Patient's Engagement in Their Healthcare Process
Trial Parameters
Brief Summary
Women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer need to make a decision about the therapeutic treatment to undertake. Since multiple factors can influence this decision, it is necessary to develop a decision-making support tool to assist them in making this choice. Main Objective: To develop a decision-making support tool for determining the treatment to undertake for women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and test its effectiveness on an experimental group.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * be 18 or older; * have received/receive diagnosis of resectable breast cancer in the early stage; * women treated or who will undergo oncological treatment for early breast cancer; * demonstrate the absence of psychopathological features. * be willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial Exclusion Criteria: * breast cancer patients who showed physical or psychological issues, as well as cognitive impairments that prohibited their participation in this type of study; * neurological or psychiatric disorders that may compromise the patients' ability to take part in the study. * Distant metastases from breast cancer or locally advanced/unresectable disease * Known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial