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. 2019 Mar 12;9(3):e026797. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026797

Table 4.

Schedule of PRO surveys

Baseline Month 6 Month 12 Month 24 Months 36, 48 and 60
Sociodemographics
 ALLIANCE Patient Questionnaire, adapted with employment items32–35 X X
  • Employment

X
  • Marital status

  • Health insurance

  • Household size/income

  • Employment

X
  • Marital status

  • Health insurance

  • Household size/income

  • Employment

X
  • Marital status

  • Health insurance

  • Household size/income

  • Employment

Medical and family history
 Family history X
 Self-Administered Comorbidity Questionnaire36 X X X X X
 Genetics X
Complementary therapies
 CAM measure37 X X
Adherence to hormonal therapy
 Medication adherence measure38 X X X X
Health behaviours/lifestyle factors
ALLIANCE Patient Questionnaire39–51 X X
 Smoking
 Alcohol
 Physical activity
 Diet
Psychological/emotional
 STAI Trait Y252 X
 STAI State Y152 X X X X X
 CES-D-1053 X X X X X
 Brief COPE54 X
 Intolerance of uncertainty- Short form55–57 X X
Quality of life
 SF-3658 X X X X X
 EQ-5D-5L59 60 X X X X X
 QLACS61 X X
 Breast-Q (arm, breast side effects, body image, sexuality)62 X X X X X
 Modified BCPT symptom scale (menopausal symptoms)63 X X X X X
 Breast Cancer Pain Questionnaire—Neuropathic symptoms11 64 65 X X X X X
 Brief Pain Inventory65 X X X X X
BC/DCIS knowledge and perceptions
 BCS-DQI66 67 X X
 True/false questions68 X X
 Risk perceptions69 X X
Decision-making
 Decisional regret70 X X X
 SURE scale71 72 X
 Sources of information73 X
Costs
 Financial burden (adapted from CanCors, NHIS)74 75 X
COMET website questions
How participant learnt about COMET
Use of website
X X

BC, breast cancer; BCPT, Breast Cancer Prevention Trial Symptom Checklist; BCS-DQI, Breast Cancer Surgery Decision Quality Instrument; CAM, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Questionnaire; CES-D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; COMET, Comparison of Operative versus Monitoring and Endocrine Therapy; COPE, a short version of the COPE Inventory; DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ; EQ-5D-5L, EuroQol 5-Dimension 5-Level Instrument; NHIS, National Health Interview Survey; PRO, patient-reported outcomes; QLACS, Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors Scale; SF-36, Medical Outcomes Study 36-item short form; STAI, State Trait Anxiety Inventory; SURE, Sure of myself, Understand information, Risk-benefit ratio, Encouragement.