The Impact of STORY on Depression and Fatigue in African-American Women with Breast Cancer

J Natl Black Nurses Assoc. 2015 Jul;26(1):1-7.

Abstract

The intervention Sisters Tell Others and Revive Yourself (STORY) is a teleconference intervention for African-American women with breast cancer that was studied with a randomized, non-blinded, intention-to-treat trial between 2006 and 2010 in the southeastern United States. This secondary data analysis research measured the impact of STORY on depression and fatigue in African-American women (N = 168) with breast cancer. The were no significant differences in depression or fatigue found between the intervention and control groups based on the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Further research is needed to develop effective interventions aimed at decreasing depression and fatigue in African-American women with breast cancer.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anxiety / physiopathology*
  • Black People / psychology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / ethnology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / psychology
  • Depression / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Southeastern United States