Health Condition 1: C00-D49- Neoplasms
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Sponsors
Deesha
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Patients who are currently undergoing active radiotherapy treatment for cancer. - Patients with head and neck cancer, breast cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, and gynaecological cancers. - Patients aged 18 and above.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Individuals who are only receiving follow-up care and not active treatment. - Patients with cancers other than head and neck cancer, breast cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, and gynaecological cancers. - Patients below 18 years of age.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To quantify the out-of-pocket costs and categorize them by the types incurred by cancer patients during their treatment such as travel cost, prescription drugs and in-home healthcare. 2. To compare differences in financial burden across various demographic factors such as income, education, age, level of insurance coverage and tumor types (head and neck tumors, breast tumors, gastrointestinal tumors, gynaecological tumors). Timepoint: 10-15 minutes to complete the questionnaire | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess how patients and their families perceive the financial burden of these out-of-pocket expenses using a Likert scale.Timepoint: 10-15 minutes to complete the questionnaire | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactRajesh Kamath
Prasanna School of Public Health
Outcome results
None listed