An Impact Assessment of a Culturally Tailored Online Psychosocial Program for Chinese Immigrant Women With Breast Cancer

Participants randomized to the Intervention Arm will be provided with the website link to the online self-help program and a questionnaire and a distress survey. They will be asked to use the website within two weeks and then to complete these documents after using it and mail them back in a self-addressed stamped envelope. Same documents will be administered at the 3-month follow-up period, and the participant will be given two weeks to complete and return it in a self-addressed stamped envelope. Additionally, participants will also be asked in the 3-month follow-up questionnaire if they are interested in attending a focus group to elaborate on their experience with the psychosocial self-help program. Those who have expressed an interest will be contacted. The focus groups will last about 1-1.5 hours and consist of 3-4 participants. Focus groups will be audio-taped and conducted in either English or Chinese.

Participants randomized to the Control group will receive standard care (no intervention). They will be used as a baseline to compare groups and assess the effect of the intervention (i.e., the online psychosocial program). At the two weeks following randomization (T1) and the 3-month follow-up periods (T2), they will be asked to complete the questionnaire and distress survey and return them in a self-addressed stamped envelope. Participants will be given two weeks to complete the questionnaire and distress survey. The same documents will be administered at the 3-month follow-up period (T2). Once the 3-month follow-up is completed, each participant will be provided with the website link to view the self-help program.