Assessment of Quality of Life and Independence, as Well as Received Social Support for Spinal Cancer.

Assessment of Quality of Life and Independence, as Well as Received Social Support in Patients Before and After Surgery for Spinal Cancer

• Evaluation of the quality of life of patients before and after surgery for benign and malignant spinal cancers, assessing whether it depends on the size of the tumor, type of cancer, malignancy and its location
• evaluation of patients' independence before and after surgery for benign and malignant spinal tumors, evaluation of what factors influenced patients' different independence
• multidimensional assessment of perceived social support of patients before and after surgery for benign and malignant spinal cancers, taking into account three sources of support: significant person, family and friends

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Spinal Canal Tumors
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: BREF,ADL,AIS

Detailed Description

RESEARCH PROJECT DESCRIPTION, RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:

Research objectives:

• To evaluate the quality of life of patients before and after surgery for benign and malignant spinal cancers, to assess whether it depends on the size of the tumor, type of cancer, malignancy and its location
• evaluation of patients' independence before and after surgery for benign and malignant spinal tumors, assessment of what factors influenced patients' different independence
• multidimensional evaluation of perceived social support of patients before and after surgery for benign and malignant spinal cancers, taking into account three sources of support: significant person, family and friends

Scientific (research) problems:

• What is the quality of life of patients before and after surgery for benign and malignant spinal cancers ? Is the quality of life in patients with spinal cancer dependent on tumor size, malignancy, location or type of cancer ?
• How do patients rate their independence both before and after surgery for spinal cancers at different stages of the disease?
• How do patients with spinal cancer at different stages of the disease rate the social support they received both before and after surgery?

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 100

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Edyta Laska; Phone Number: +48692430150; Email: elaska@afm.edu.pl

Study Locations

• Poland
  • Lesserpoland
    • Krakow, Lesserpoland, Poland, 30-693
      • Recruiting
      • St. Raphael's Hospital
      • Contact: Edyta Laska, Ph.; Phone Number: +48692430150; Email: elaska@afm.edu.pl

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Each patient who is admitted to the surgical ward with a diagnosis of spinal cancer will be qualified for surgery will be given written consent for the study and the processing of personal data, as well as information for the researcher with questionnaires, and will then give written consent and be recruited for the study. The patient's personal data processing information will be retained for the study until its completion.

Description

Inclusion criteria for the study:

-clinical diagnosis of spinal cancer

Study exclusion criteria:

-inflammatory and disc disease of the spinal column

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Quality of life assessed using The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) scale. Social support assessed using Zimet's Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale - the original version on the MSPSS.	Quality of life assessed using The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) scale questionnaire which contains 26 questions analyzing four domains of life and separately perception of quality of life and self-assessment of health status. It is used to assess the quality of life of both healthy and sick people in clinical practice and addresses the following domains of quality of life: somatic functioning, psychological functioning, social functioning and community functioning. Social support assessed using Zimet's Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale - the original version on the MSPSS. The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support takes into account the multidimensionality of perceived social support, considering three primary sources of support: significant other, family and friends. The scale consists of 12 statements, which the subject addresses using a seven-point Likert scale, where 1 means "strongly disagree" and 7 means "strongly agree."	12 months to 24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 15, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 15, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 31, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 1, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 28, 2024
• First Posted (Estimated): May 2, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): May 2, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 28, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 32/2023

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No