Loneliness as a risk factor for cancer-related cognitive impairment: a secondary data analysis from the Haze study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between loneliness and cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) in a cohort of breast cancer survivors.

Methods: Female breast cancer survivors (stage I-III) reporting cognitive impairments 2 months to 5 years after chemotherapy ( = 61) participated in a prospective, nonblinded, waitlist-controlled pilot study. The intervention was a tailored cognitive rehabilitation program.

Perceptions of a Health Care Notebook from Female Breast Cancer Survivors with Cognitive Impairment.

Strengthening communication between providers and patients, especially those with cognitive impairment, is required given care complexity and fragmentation across the care continuum. Therefore, determining patient perceptions about the Siebens Health Care Notebook (SHCN), a tool to support self-management and strengthen communication and care continuity, is fundamental to understanding SHCN usability. Participants were breast cancer survivors in a study evaluating a 6-week cognitive rehabilitation program, who reported cancer-related cognitive impairment (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognitive Function-Perceived Cognitive Impairment (PCI) subscale < 59).

Emerging From the Haze: A Multicenter, Controlled Pilot Study of a Multidimensional, Psychoeducation-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors Delivered With Telehealth Conferencing.

Objective: To quantify the effect of a psychoeducation-based cognitive rehabilitation intervention on breast cancer survivors' self-report of cognitive function and investigate the feasibility of accrual, adherence, and multisite program delivery using secure telehealth conferencing.

Design: Prospective, nonblinded, wait-list controlled pilot study.

Setting: Nonprofit academic medical center and university medical center with associated community practice affiliates.

Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment: Retrospective Analyses of a Multidimensional, Psychoeducation-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation Intervention.

Background: Managing cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) is a vital component of optimal cancer survivorship care. Results from several small studies indicate growing support for the use of cognitive rehabilitation and training strategies.

Objectives: This study aimed to retrospectively analyze the effects of a six-week standardized, multidimensional, psychoeducation-based group cognitive rehabilitation intervention for CRCI.

Emerging From the Haze: A Pilot Study Evaluating Feasibility of a Psychoeducational Intervention to Improve Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment in Gynecologic Cancer Survivors.

Purpose:: The objective of this pilot study is to evaluate the (1) applicability of a 15-hour attending-taught psychoeducational intervention in a retrospective cohort and (2) feasibility of a trainee-taught intervention in a prospective cohort of patients with gynecologic cancer to help manage cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI).

Methods:: Adults with any stage gynecologic cancer who completed chemotherapy and reported cognitive complaints were eligible. Additionally, the screening criteria of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognition (FACT-Cog) perceived cognitive impairment (PCI) subscale score <59 was used in the prospective cohort.

Computerized cognitive assessment of mild cognitive impairment in urban African Americans.

Few objective cognitive assessment tools have been validated for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in African Americans despite higher prevalence of disease. This preliminary study evaluated discriminant validity of a computerized cognitive assessment battery for MCI in an urban African American cohort. Twenty-seven participants with MCI and 22 cognitively healthy individuals completed a multidomain battery (Mindstreams, NeuroTrax Corp, New Jersey).