Fear of Cancer Occurrence: Development and Initial Psychometric Testing of a Fear Measure for Breast Cancer Previvors
To develop a measure of cancer-related fear in previvors, women with an increased risk of developing breast cancer within their lifetime but have never had a cancer diagnosis. Two existing fear measures will be used to develop the initial fear of cancer occurrence (FOCO) measure, then two rounds of cognitive interviews will be performed. The study team will conduct two rounds of cognitive interviews, enrolling breast cancer previvors until five participants complete each round. Upon finishing the first round, the team will analyze results and revise the measure to ensure wording is meaningful to previvors before commencing the second round of cognitive interviews. Finally, we will field test the measure in a survey battery which will examine psychological flexibility among breast cancer previvors and assess the psychometric properties of the new FOCO measure.THIS STUDY IS ENROLLING BY INVITATION ONLY - Consistent with most oncology trials, patients are not actively “recruited,” but are screened by their physician for appropriate clinical trial(s) at the time of their routine clinic visit. Occasionally, a patient may be a self-referral or physician referral, but are still screened for appropriate clinical trials at the time of their routine clinic visit. PI and staff may send copies of relevant consent forms to these patients to look over prior to actually consenting or enrolling them. This may take place at the patient's visit at which the consent is presented or the patient's next visit to the outpatient hematology/oncology clinic. Interested in participating? For more information about this research study or other cancer-related clinical trials at Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center (IUSCCC), please contact theIU Clinical Trials Office at: Email: iutrials@iu.edu Phone: (317) 278-5632