Table 2 Compañeras assess participant’s uptake of knowledge, skills mastery, and weekly goal completion (N = 76)
Week-Module | Knowledge: Participant described… | % Yes | Skills Mastery: Participant was able to…. | % Yes | Completed Weekly Goal: Participant was able to… | % Yes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1) Managing the impact of cancer | Some common reactions to a breast cancer diagnosis | 99 | Not assessed | Not assessed | ||
The benefits of deep breathing | 99 | |||||
2) Breast cancer & survivorship | What is breast cancer | 92 | Identify questions to ask her doctors about breast cancer | 88 | Complete the distress thermometer* | 78 |
Describe how to use a survivorship care plan | 96 | Practice deep breathing | 89 | |||
3) Finding cancer information | Not assessed | Describe how she would ask her doctor questions about her cancer | 92 | Complete the distress thermometer | 79 | |
Describe how to use the Cancer Information Service | 89 | Practice deep breathing | 88 | |||
4) Getting support | Some ways on how she can help her family cope with cancer | 93 | Describe some useful skills to express her feelings/needs to others | 92 | Complete the distress thermometer | 72 |
Practice deep breathing | 90 | |||||
5) Managing thoughts & mood Part 1 | What are unhelpful thoughts | 89 | Not assessed | Complete the distress thermometer | 61 | |
Practice deep breathing | 83 | |||||
What are helpful thoughts | 89 | Talk with the person she had difficulty expressing herself with | 19 | |||
6) Managing thoughts & mood Part 2 | Not assessed | Identify an unhelpful thought she had | 90 | Apply ‘Yes, But’ to an unhelpful thought she had | 79 | |
Identify a helpful thought she had | 90 | |||||
Describe some skills she used to change unhelpful to helpful thoughts | 86 | |||||
7) Stress management | Not assessed | Identify some of the new relaxation techniques learned | 89 | Think of her own coping statements | 72 | |
Practice one of the new relaxation techniques | 83 | |||||
8) Setting goals to feel better | Not assessed | Identify at least two activities that can help her feel better | 88 | Complete the goal she set to help her feel better | 86 | |
Set achievable goals to do activities that can help her feel better | 88 | Complete the goal she set to be more active | 88 | |||
9) Setting goals for a healthy lifestyle | Some benefits of walking or exercise | 86 | Identify some ways to live a healthier life | 86 | Not assessed | |
10) Program recap & future goals | Not assessed | Identify at least two activities that can help her feel better in the future | 88 | Not assessed | ||
Set clear and achievable goals to take care of herself in the future | 88 |