Developing a complementary medicine intervention tailored for cancer patients' healthcare needs to be addressed during follow-up care in general practice

Developing a complementary medicine intervention tailored for cancer patients' healthcare needs to be addressed during follow-up care in general practice - CAM-NAKOPA

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00010151

Enrollment

Registered

2016-03-23

Start date

2016-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

C15-C26 C50 C51-C58 C60-C63 C64-C68

Interventions

Group 1: Qualitative Data will be collected in three separate but intertwined studies: 1) focus groups with approx. 20 general practice teams, 2) interviews with approx. 20 oncology patients, 3) in

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The following selection criteria will be applied for the purposeful sampling strategy: General practitioners and their medical assistants: high/low interest in implementing a complementary counselling intervention in their general practices, high/low experience with oncology patients during follow-up care Experts in complementary medicine: current stay as well as researching and teaching in German-speaking countries, member of national and international complementary medicine networks, managing directors or experts of/in national complementary medicine institutes or organizations Patients: cancer diagnosis (gynecological, prostate, colorectal), completion of initial therapy, follow-up care in general practice, gender: female/male, employment status: employed/non-working, high/low interest in complementary medicine

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: insufficient knowledge of the German language, cognitive disability

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The aim of the CAM-NAKOPA-study is the development of a complementary counselling intervention to address holistic healthcare needs of oncology patients in general practice follow-up care.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactNadja Klafke

Abteilung Allgemeinmedizin u. VersorgungsforschungUniversitätsklinikum Heidelberg

nadja.klafke@med.uni-heidelberg.de06221 56 4818

Outcome results

None listed

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