The Myeloma Pack: A Multi-Modality Educational Intervention Strategy to Engage Patients With Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma (MM) patients are prone to poor quality of life (QoL) as a result of the anxiety and depression they suffer due to a poor understanding of their disease. Improving patient understanding of their illness and addressing issues that induce distress impacts QoL. This prospective, interventional study is designed to see if a structured psycho-educational program called the myeloma pack intervention (MPI), implemented in parallel with standard cancer treatment, can improve QoL for patients with MM.
• Of age ≥18 years or older.
• Having a diagnosis of MM; newly diagnosed or relapsed/refractory disease
• Undergoing systemic treatment through the UAB MM Clinic Pathway
• Able to provide informed consent to be included in the intervention
• MM patients in a prior/concurrent (non-pyscho/educational intervention), MM study will be eligible to participate
• Have either SMS texting or email access to receive encouragement messages