Culturally-tailored survivorship care planning for rural Latina breast cancer patients: a pilot study

To explore the feasibility and acceptability of Proyecto Mariposa, a culturally-tailored survivorship care program for rural Latina breast cancer patients.

Single group mixed-method approach.

Feasibility of recruitment, intervention and evaluation, and perceptions about the intervention were assessed with 18 rural Latina breast cancer patients from the US/Mexico border region. Pre-post assessments evaluated change in patients' knowledge and concerns about survivorship care, and their self-efficacy about patient-physician interaction and managing chronic disease.

Feasibility was generally promising but affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Participants found the intervention to be acceptable and useful, particularly with regard to information provision and encouraging proactive behavior. There was modest pre-post improvement on self-efficacy for managing disease.

This pilot study suggested feasibility and acceptability of Proyecto Mariposa for rural Latina breast cancer patients. Change in outcomes was small indicating the need for research with a larger sample to establish reliable findings.