IRCT2016102430465N1 IRCT 2016-12-18 Vice Chancellor for Research ofArak University of Medical Sciences Effect of telephone intervention on supportive care needs of patients with cancer Effect of telephone support on supportive care needs of women with breast cancer 2016-10-22 anticipated 62 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/24194 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Supportive, Other design features: using randomized block design. N/A breast cancer. Intervention 1: Intervention group: Telephone intervention will be performed for a month. The first contact with participants will be done during a week after the first meeting. The researcher will call patients in the intervention group twice a week, and they can also get in touch with the researcher if they have any problems or questions. The length of each call will be between 20-15 minutes. The researcher will talk about their issues and problems, and patients’ questions will be answered as well. The content of telephone conversations will be written based on the results of new researches and using scientific resources in the field of breast cancer and will be approved by the Department of Oncology in Kashan University of Medical Sciences. In addition, patients’ questions in specialized areas will be answered after consultation with an oncologist. The contacts time will be set based on patients’ willingness. A phone number will be provided by the researcher for the intervention group so they can get in touch with the researcher if they have any problems or questions during the weeks in determined hours every day (9 am to 12 noon and 4 pm to 9 pm). Intervention 2: Control group: The control group will only receive usual care.