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Nurse Intervention Project

NCT01091584 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 193

Last updated 2016-12-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The use of interventions for cancer-related distress is important to reduce this distress. Distress has a negative impact on quality of life, the recovery during and after treatment and may even adversely affect survival. There is insufficient attention to the systematic approach to psychosocial problems in cancer patients in the Netherlands. A task force discussed and studied which instrument measures psychosocial problems best. The distress thermometer ("lastmeter") had the best results. A guideline is written to use the distress thermometer for patients with cancer and will be used in hospitals in the Netherlands. However, it is not clear what the effects are of the use of the distress thermometer on the psychosocial wellbeing of the patient. Furthermore, it is also unknown whether the use of the distress thermometer leads to cost-effective care. The study focuses on the use of the distress thermometer in breast cancer patients. An efficiency study (RCT) will be conducted to evaluate the systematic use of the distress thermometer and its discussion by a nurse as compared to the usual care provided to outpatients who are treated with curative intent for breast cancer by their treating physicians. The clinical and economic impact of the use of the Distress thermometer will be assessed in comparison with usual care.The recruitment of patients will take place in the out-patient clinic of a university hospital. Patients will be followed from diagnose until two years after finishing their treatment.

Conditions

  • Breast Cancer Patients

Interventions

DEVICE

distress thermometer

to apply the distress thermometer as written in the guideline written by 'Vereniging Integrale Kankercentra' title: 'Detecteren behoefte psychosociale zorg. The distress thermometer is collected from the experimental group and then discussed by a trained nurse

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Radboud University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • P. B. Ottevanger, Dr · University Medical Centre Nijmegen

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-03-31
Primary Completion
2013-02-28
Completion
2016-07-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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