The Breast Cancer Survivors and Partners Online Research Together (SUPORT) Project

Summary

Many breast cancer survivors (estimated 70% in some studies) experience clinically significant depression and/or anxiety in the months and years after finishing cancer treatments. This research will build on the rigor of prior research to reduce breast cancer survivor depression and anxiety with a compassion meditation intervention called CBCT (Cognitively-Based Compassion Training) for online synchronous delivery that is also inclusive of informal caregivers (i.e., adult family members who live with and typically provide half the care for survivors, aka supportive partners).

Eligibility

Breast cancer survivors:

Inclusion Criteria:

* biological sex: woman
* able to speak and understand English
* have a diagnosis of a breast cancer
* have completed primary curative cancer treatments (i.e., surgery, radiation, chemotherapy) except for hormonal therapies (e.g., aromatase inhibitors) or trastuzumab a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 5 years before starting CBCT or the control
* have a supportive partner (aka caregiver) who can participate with them

Exclusion Criteria:

* nursing home resident
* have ongoing (1 or more meditation sessions per week) or past regular meditation experience in the last 4 years (i.e., more than two meditation sessions \[completed or attempted\] per year, either with a group or individually, to be evaluated by the Principal Investigator)

Supportive partners (aka informal caregivers)

Inclusion Criteria:

* named by the survivor
* live in the same household as the survivor
* able to speak and understand English

Exclusion Criteria:

* have ongoing (1 or more meditation sessions per week) or past regular meditation experience in the last 4 years (i.e., more than two meditation sessions \[completed or attempted\] per year, either with a group or individually, to be evaluated by the Principal Investigator)

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