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Symptom Clusters in Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers- a Longitudinal Study

NCT00769301 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 570

Last updated 2018-08-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The complexity of cancer patients' symptoms and health problems constitutes considerable distress and burden for patients and their family caregivers. To help them manage the illness effectively, there is a need to better understand the complexity of symptoms and symptom clusters in patients and caregivers. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to explore a set of important fundamental research questions to advance the scientific knowledge of cancer patients' and caregivers' symptoms, symptom clusters and health-related quality of life. The investigators will follow 500 cancer patients and their caregivers with repeated measures over 6 months to assess their symptoms, symptom clusters, and quality of life over time. Caregiver burden will also be examined in the caregivers.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Tone Rustøen, PhD · Oslo University Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-11-30
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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