Group-based or Individual Information About Disease and Treatment Plan
Cancer Patients' Knowledge and Satisfaction After Group-based or Individual Information About Their Disease and Treatment Plan
The main aim of the current study is to investigate whether the addition of a standardized,group-based educational program to the information provided by health care personnel improves cancer patients' knowledge level about their disease, planned treatment and common side-effects of the treatment.
Secondary aims are to investigate if the addition of the educational program increases the likelihood of completing treatment as planned, reduces level of anxiety, reduces the frequency of serious side effects, increases patient reported health related quality of life, and increases the degree of patient satisfaction with respect to how they have received the information before, during and after treatment.
Studieoversigt
Status
Status
Betingelser
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljeret beskrivelse
There are strong indications that group-based information provides better information for cancer patients about their disease, treatment options - and potential benefits and side effects of the planned therapy than information provided during a regular doctor consultation.
The investigators believe that standardizing and repeating the information as well as having more time for questions in an open environment for reflections will improve the amount of information patients can perceive. Furthermore, all patients will be given written information.
Better-informed patients may be more motivated and may contact health care personnel earlier than other patients when they develop side effects. This may reduce the risk of serious treatment-related complications and increase the chances of patients completing the planned treatment. But none have compared to what extent an organization like Vardesenteret improves the patients' knowledge and whether patients are more satisfied with these methods for informing them. Results from studies on the influence of patient anxiety and distress on patient's abilities to perceive information are conflicting.Two large groups of relatively homogenous cancer patients are patients with lower-stage breast cancer patients who are eligible for adjuvant chemotherapy and patients with localized prostate cancer eligible for curative radiotherapy.
Undersøgelsestype
Undersøgelsestype
Tilmelding (Faktiske)
Tilmelding
Fase
Fase
- Ikke anvendelig
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiesteder
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Trondheim, Norge
- St Olavs Hospital
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Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Beskrivelse
Inclusion criteria:
- Breast cancer patients that are candidates for adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery.
- Prostate cancer patients that are candidates for curative radiotherapy
- Signed informed consent
- Patient expected to be able to complete the planned treatment and the study procedures
- 18years or older
Exclusion Criteria:
-Patients not fulfilling inclusion criteria
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Primært formål: Støttende pleje
- Tildeling: Ikke-randomiseret
- Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
- Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)
Antal våben
Våben og indgreb
Deltagergruppe / ArmDeltagergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / BehandlingIntervention / Behandling |
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Eksperimentel: Group and Individual information
The patients will receive two 1.5-2 hour standardized validated group information sessions in addition to regular information from their doctors and nurses.
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The patients will receive two 1.5-2 hour standardized validated group information sessions in addition to regular information from their doctors and nurses.
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Ingen indgriben: Individual information
Standard information about disease and treatment from doctor and nurse given at 2 occasions.
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Knowledge
Tidsramme: 1 week
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Knowledge questionnaires specially made for the study.
Constructed as statements with response categories; correct, false and don´t know.
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1 week
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Knowledge
Tidsramme: 2 weeks
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Knowledge questionnaires specially made for the study.
Constructed as statements with response categories; correct, false and don´t know.
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2 weeks
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Knowledge
Tidsramme: 9 weeks
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Knowledge questionnaires specially made for the study.
Constructed as statements with response categories; correct, false and don´t know.
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9 weeks
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Sekundære resultatmål
Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Quality of Life
Tidsramme: 9 weeks
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European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Quality-of-Life Questionnaire C30
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9 weeks
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Patients Subjective state of information
Tidsramme: 1 week
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European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Quality-of-Life Questionnaire INFO 25
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1 week
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Patients Subjective state of information
Tidsramme: 2 weeks
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European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Quality-of-Life Questionnaire INFO 25
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2 weeks
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Patients Subjective state of information
Tidsramme: 9 weeks
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European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Quality-of-Life Questionnaire INFO 25
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9 weeks
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Anxiety
Tidsramme: 1 week
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STAI-State and Trait Anxiety Inventory
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1 week
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Anxiety
Tidsramme: 2 weeks
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STAI-State and Trait Anxiety Inventory
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2 weeks
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Anxiety
Tidsramme: 9 weeks
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STAI-State and Trait Anxiety Inventory
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9 weeks
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Adverse events
Tidsramme: 2 weeks
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CTCEA, Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
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2 weeks
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Adverse events
Tidsramme: 9 weeks
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CTCEA, Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
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9 weeks
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Sponsor
Samarbejdspartnere
Samarbejdspartnere
Efterforskere
Efterforskere
- Ledende efterforsker: Stein Kaasa, MD, Prof., St Olavs Hospital - Trondheim University Hospital and PRC, European Palliative Care Research Center
- Studieleder: Ola Berger, MD, St Olavs Hospital - Trondheim University Hospital and PRC, European Palliative Care Research Center
- Studiestol: Bjørn H Gønberg, MD, PhD, St Olavs Hospital - Trondheim University Hospital and PRC, European Palliative Care Research Center
- Studiestol: Kari Sand, Cand Philol, PRC, European Palliative Care Research Center
- Studiestol: Jo Å Lund, MD, PhD, St Olavs Hospital - Trondheim University Hospital and PRC, European Palliative Care Research Center
- Studiestol: Jon H Loge, MD, Prof., National Resource Centre for Studies of Late Effects after Cancer Treatment, Oslo University Hospital, Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway; Department of Behavioral Sciences in Medicine, University of Oslo
Publikationer og nyttige links
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart
Studiestart
Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)
Primær færdiggørelse
Studieafslutning (Faktiske)
Studieafslutning
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Skøn)
Først opslået
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)
Sidste opdatering sendt
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Nøgleord
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- REK2012/1238
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