Geriatric Oncology Assessment and Coping Skills Training for Older Women on Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy

The Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF) will be used to assess pain severity and interference from pain across important life domains (e.g., general activity, work, relations with others). To calculate a pain severity score, the BPI-SF averages worst, least, average and current pain severity ratings on a 0 to 10 scale, with higher scores indicating more severe pain. To calculate a pain interference score, 7 items asking about interference from pain across different life domains will be averaged, with higher scores indicating higher pain interference.

For the PROMIS® Anxiety and Depression 4-item Short Forms (4a, v1.0) items are summed to create a raw score from 4 to 20 that is converted to a T-score. Responses are on a 5-point scale from "never" (1) to "always" (5). Higher scores indicate higher emotional distress.

For the PROMIS® Fatigue 6-item Short Form (6a, v1.0) items are summed to create a raw score that is converted to a T-score. Participants are asked to think about the last week when responding to each item (e.g., "In the past 7 days, how run-down did you feel, on average?"), providing ratings on a scale from "not at all" (1) to "very much" (5). Sum scores may range from 6 to 30, with higher scores indicating higher fatigue.

The Five Times Sit to Stand Test (5xSST) assesses functional lower extremity strength, balance, risk of fall, functional decline, and frailty. The amount of time it takes a patient to sit and stand five times in succession with arms folded across their chest is averaged across three trials.