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dc.contributor.authorCruickshank, Susanneen_UK
dc.contributor.authorSteel, Emmaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorFenlon, Deborahen_UK
dc.contributor.authorArmes, Joen_UK
dc.contributor.authorScanlon, Karenen_UK
dc.contributor.authorBanks, Elspethen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHumphris, Gerryen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-25T22:26:41Z-
dc.date.available2017-07-25T22:26:41Z-
dc.date.issued2017-07-20en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/25649-
dc.description.abstractBackground Fear of recurrence (FoR) is a major concern for patients following treatment for primary breast cancer, affecting 60–99% of breast cancer survivors. Mini-AFTER is a brief intervention developed to address this fear, that breast care nurses are ideally placed to deliver. However, their interest in delivering such an intervention is unknown and crucial to its introduction. This study aims to assess the perceived feasibility of the Mini-AFTER telephone intervention for implementation by breast care nurses to manage moderate levels of fear of recurrence among breast cancer survivors. Methods A sequential explanatory mixed-methods design will be used, informed by normalisation process theory (NPT). The design will be guided by the stages of NPT. Specifically, understanding and evaluating the process (implementation) that would enable an intervention, such as the Mini-AFTER, not only to be operationalised and normalised into everyday work (embedded) but also sustained in practice (integration). Phase 1: all members on the UK Breast Cancer Care Nursing Network database (n = 905) will be emailed a link to a web-based survey, designed to investigate how breast cancer survivors’ FoR is identified and managed within current services and their willingness to deliver the Mini-AFTER. Phase 2: a purposive sample of respondents (n = 20) will be interviewed to build upon the responses in phase 1 and explore breast care nurses’ individual views on the importance of addressing fear of recurrence in their clinical consultations, interest in the Mini-AFTER intervention, the content, skills required and challenges to deliver the intervention. Discussion This study will provide information about the willingness of breast care nurses (BCNs) to provide a structured intervention to manage fear of recurrence. It will identify barriers and facilitators for effective delivery and inform the future design of a larger trial of the Mini-AFTER intervention.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_UK
dc.relationCruickshank S, Steel E, Fenlon D, Armes J, Scanlon K, Banks E & Humphris G (2017) A feasibility study of the Mini-AFTER telephone intervention for the management of fear of recurrence in breast cancer survivors: a mixed-methods study protocol. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4 (1), p. 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-017-0161-8en_UK
dc.rightsThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.en_UK
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dc.subjectFear of cancer recurrenceen_UK
dc.subjectBreast canceren_UK
dc.subjectBreast care nursesen_UK
dc.subjectMixed methodsen_UK
dc.subjectInterventionen_UK
dc.titleA feasibility study of the Mini-AFTER telephone intervention for the management of fear of recurrence in breast cancer survivors: a mixed-methods study protocolen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s40814-017-0161-8en_UK
dc.citation.jtitlePilot and Feasibility Studiesen_UK
dc.citation.issn2055-5784en_UK
dc.citation.volume4en_UK
dc.citation.issue1en_UK
dc.citation.spage22en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.contributor.funderBreast Cancer Nowen_UK
dc.author.emailsusanne.cruickshank@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date20/07/2017en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationHealth Sciences Stirlingen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationHealth Sciences Stirlingen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationSwansea Universityen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationKing's College Londonen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBreast Cancer Careen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationNational Cancer Research Institute (NCRI)en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of St Andrewsen_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-85042456569en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid522970en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0003-0204-4739en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0001-7466-4326en_UK
dc.date.accepted2017-06-15en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-06-15en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2017-07-25en_UK
dc.relation.funderprojectAcceptability and deliverability of a telephone intervention (Mini-AFTER) for the management of fear of recurrance in breast cancer survivorsen_UK
dc.relation.funderref2015NovSP679en_UK
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorCruickshank, Susanne|0000-0003-0204-4739en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSteel, Emma|0000-0001-7466-4326en_UK
local.rioxx.authorFenlon, Deborah|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorArmes, Jo|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorScanlon, Karen|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorBanks, Elspeth|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHumphris, Gerry|en_UK
local.rioxx.project2015NovSP679|Breast Cancer Now|http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009794en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2017-07-25en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/|2017-07-25|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameCruickshank_et_al-2017-Pilot_and_Feasibility_Studies.pdfen_UK
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