fear of progression
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Written information on patient-centered communication
Group 2: Communication training for doctors
Group 3: Interprofessional communication training for doctors and nurses
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patient: Presence of an oncological disease, written declaration of consent Doctor: Licence to practise medicine as a physician, fixed assignment to the ward unit (within the scope of normal rotation), written declaration of consent Nurse: qualified health care worker, fixed assignment to the ward unit, written declaration of consent Ward: Ward unit with oncological focus, identifiable team of doctors and nurses (2/3 of the employees are permanently assigned to the ward)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patient: Serious mental illness (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, dementia, delirium), poor knowledge of German, missing or subsequently withdrawn consent Doctor: Incomplete participation in the intervention (participation <8h), poor knowledge of German, missing or subsequently withdrawn consent Nurse: Incomplete participation in the intervention (participation <8h), poor knowledge of German, missing or subsequently withdrawn consent Station: Less than 66% of employees* have participated in the intervention (depending on the assignment)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| fear of progression questionnaire - short form (FoP-Q-SF, Mehnert, 2006), on admission to the ward (T0), 2 weeks after discharge (T1) and after 3 months (T2) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| workload, station climate (job content questionnaire, JCQ, Karasek 1998) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactAndre Karger
Klinisches Institut für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Medizinische Fakultät, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Outcome results
None listed