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Nurse-led Follow-up Care for Head and Neck Cancer Patients

NCT01167179 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2017-12-15

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to conduct an early evaluation of a nurse-led follow up intervention added to the usual medically oriented follow up care. Besides evaluating the feasibility and acceptability to patients, the effect on psychosocial adjustment and quality of life of patients is determined.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

nurse-led consultation

Content of the intervention The intervention consists of structured and standardised nursing follow up consultations comprising a thorough needs assessment, supportive counseling, adequate referral to other care providers if necessary and improvement of the continuity of follow-up care. The goals of nursing follow-up care are summarised as helping patients (and often their partners too) to cope with the physical and psychosocial consequences of treatment and help them to gradually adjust to 'the life after', and into survivorship.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Radboud University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • T van Achterberg, PhD · Radboud University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-12-31
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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Diseases

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