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NCT01134172

Ethnic Differences in the Impact of Breast Cancer on Employment Status, Financial Situation, and Quality of Life

Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn more about how being treated for breast cancer affects patients' employment, financial situation, and quality of life on a short-term basis and on a long term basis. Most studies of employment after breast cancer have focused on Caucasian women.This study will evaluate the impact of breast cancer on the lives of women from different ethnic groups.

Official title: Breast Cancer and the Workforce: Ethnic Differences in the Impact of Breast Cancer on Employment Status, Financial Situation, and Quality of Life (BCW)

Key Details

Gender

FEMALE

Age Range

18 Years - 64 Years

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

935

Start Date

2010-05

Completion Date

2026-05

Last Updated

2025-06-26

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

survey web-based or telephone interview

Patients will be asked to complete a questionnaire at baseline, and then one at follow up, 3-4 months after treatment completion. The patient will be contacted one and two years after the completion of their follow up questionnaire for a brief one-question survey regarding current employment status. A member of the study team will call a subset of patients who have completed both baseline and follow-up surveys to clarify responses to previous questions. Patients will be considered lost to follow- up if surveys A or C have not been completed two years from the participant's consent date (participants who enroll but do not complete survey A are not prompted for survey C). Deviations will not be filed until the end of the study, as there are opportunities over the course of study follow- up to collect previously missing information.

BEHAVIORAL

survey web-based or telephone interview

Patients will be asked to complete a questionnaire at baseline, and then one at follow up, 3-4 months after treatment completion. All three follow-up contact methods (email, postcard, call) contain the same question regarding current employment status with minor modifications in formatting. However, the employment question asked in all three follow-up contact methods is shown in the Postcard\_Template document. Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic study staff will be working from home. Therefore, calls will be made via MSK-approved platforms (e.g. Jabber, etc.). Participants who express concerns or request assistance related to COVID-19 will be referred to publicly available resources as needed (e.g., call 311 for access to health care or food panties, etc.) and will be noted in internal tracking logs. The data collected for these internal tracking logs will be managed through a REDCap database.

Locations (12)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth

Middletown, New Jersey, United States

Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack

Commack, New York, United States

Queens Medical Associates

Fresh Meadows, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester

Harrison, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering at Ralph Lauren

New York, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Bellevue Hospital Center

New York, New York, United States

New York Presbyterian Queens

Queens, New York, United States

NYC Health & Hospitals /Lincoln Medical Center

The Bronx, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau

Uniondale, New York, United States