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Developing a Social Support Scale for Older Cancer Patients in India

Development of a Geriatric Indian Social Support Questionnaire (GISQ) scale for older patients with cancer in India - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/02/079928
Enrollment
124
Registered
2025-02-04
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-03-03

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: C00-D49- Neoplasms Health Condition 2: Z602- Problems related to living alone Health Condition 3: Z636- Dependent relative needing care athome

Interventions

Intervention1: The development, administration, and validation of the "Geriatric Indian Social Support Questionnaire (GISQ).": Phase 1 includes Data Pooling. Data relevant to the formulation of a soci

Sponsors

Tata Memorial Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with a diagnosis of malignancy Age 60 years or older Able to understand Hindi

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: There are no specific exclusion criteria For Phase I and Phase II of the study, we will include a panel of experts, including geriatricians, oncologists, psychologists, social workers, and patient navigators. We will also include patients (same eligibility criteria as above), and caregivers of patients with cancer. The caregivers may be of any age, or sex, but need to be able to understand Hindi.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To develop an indigenous social support questionnaire to assess social support for older patients with cancer in India.Timepoint: 2 years—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NILTimepoint: NIL—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Vanita Noronha

Tata Memorial Centre

Vanita.noronha@gmail.com9769328047

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026