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Stepped Care - Optimising Psycho-oncological Care Provision by Structured Screening and Diagnosis

NCT01859429 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1012

Last updated 2018-06-25

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Summary

The study will examine whether the provision of psychosocial support services for cancer patients in acute care can be optimized by the use of a structured combination of screening procedures with physician interviews and structured patient pathways.

There is strong evidence that a third of all cancer patients in acute care are suffering from mental health conditions and that a third expresses the need for professional psycho-oncological support.

However, physicians and nurses do not always identify these patients in need for support. Screening questionnaires are significantly better to identify distressed patients however the use of screenings alone does not necessarily improve the patients' emotional well-being.

Purpose of this study is to evaluate a psychosocial stepped care model which aims to decrease the patients' distress.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Stepped Care

Step 1: Screening for psychosocial distress Step 2: If a patient is moderately or highly distressed according to step 1, the physician performs a brief structured interview and arranges, if necessary, appropriate psychosocial care Step 3: psychosocial care as indicated by step 2

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Leipzig

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Susanne Singer, PhD · Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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