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Reassured by Zoom? Pivoting to Online Delivery of an NCI-Funded Multi-Site Mindfulness Randomized Controlled Trial in Prostate Cancer REASSURE ME
Global Advances in Health and Medicine ; 10:23, 2021.
Article in English | EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1234513
ABSTRACT

Objective:

In early 2020, our research teams at Northwestern University, NorthShore University HealthSystem, University of Michigan, and Fox Chase Cancer Center prepared to launch the final year of interventions for an NCI-funded RCT titled REASSURE ME (R01 CA193331). This study examines the extent to which training in mindfulness helps men diagnosed with prostate cancer on active surveillance and their partners be able to cope with the uncertainties of this treatment approach. Challenges associated with COVID-19 and shelter-in-place orders abruptly halted in-person study activities, prompting our team to quickly pivot and rethink how best to proceed.

Methods:

Our strategy consisted of four primary components( 1) examining COVID-19's impact on the research (what affect, if any, it had on the study's purpose, design, procedures, findings);(2) re-evaluating plans underway before COVID-19 struck (including recruitment, interventions, data collection, multisite communications);(3) determining if video-conferencing would be a viable delivery solution, and if so, how to adapt content for that platform;and (4) identifying best resources/practices for the virtual environment.

Results:

Preparations for an additional year of the study included (1) holding site meetings to determine funding needs, (2) requesting an NIH no-cost extension, and (3) submitting modifications to each site's Institutional Review Board. Procedural changes/additions included (a) online intervention trainings and creation of tutorial aids for the research team;(b) video-conferencing training sessions, tutorial aids, and ongoing technical assistance for research participants;(c) development of online versions of the treatment and control interventions;(d) postal delivery of paper-based intervention materials/supplies to research participants;(e) electronic/postal qualitative data collection;and (f) establishing a coordinating assistant to be on call for intervention facilitators during sessions.

Conclusion:

The unprecedented constraints of COVID-19 presented our team with the opportunity to re-envision and develop a new approach for online delivery of mindfulness that can be used by future researchers.

Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: EMBASE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Journal: Global Advances in Health and Medicine Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: EMBASE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Journal: Global Advances in Health and Medicine Year: 2021 Document Type: Article