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Table 1 Measures and time of assessment in the young & strong study

From: Study protocol for Young & Strong: a cluster randomized design to increase attention to unique issues faced by young women with newly diagnosed breast cancer

Measure

Assessed by

Time of assessment

Attention to fertility

  
 

• Medical Record Review

3- and 6-mo

 

• Fertility Issues Survey [35]

3-, 6- and 12-mo

Anxiety, depression, and distress

  
 

• Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [37]

BL, 3- and 12-mo

 

• Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) [39]

BL, 3- and 12-mo

 

• Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) [40]

BL, 3- and 12-mo

Health-related quality of life

  
 

• Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System-SF (CARES-SF) [41,42]

3- and 12-mo

Contraception

  
 

• Items used in prior work assessing methods of contraceptive use among young women with breast cancer at diagnosis and over time [36].

3- and 12-mo

Satisfaction with care

  
 

• Short-Form Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ-18) [43]

3-mo

Physical activity

  
 

• Godin Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire [44,45]

BL, 3-, 6- and 12-mo

 

• Nurse’s Health Study Physical Activity Question Index [46]

BL, 12-mo

Intervention engagement

  
 

• Items used in prior work to gauge use of intervention materials [49]

3-mo

Socio-demographics

  
 

• United States Department of Health and Human Services Breast Cancer Core Questionnaire to assess age ethnicity, education, marital status, employment status [47,48]

BL

• Participants’ perceived financial status of their household

• Ashkenazi ancestry

  1. Note: BL = baseline.