Postoperative psychosocial distress in tumour patients
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: 80 brain tumour patients (40 patients with first-time surgery and 40 patients with recurrent surgery from the patient collective of the Sana Klinik Duisburg).
Participants will be asked to ru
they can choose when to answer. At the end of the study, the apps automatically stop recording after three months and participants are informed on their phone that they can delete the app. Overall, t
Sponsors
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf Kliniken der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All adults (over 18 years of age) with a diagnosis of a brain tumour, who own a smartphone with Android or iOS operating system, do not have a carer (and can consent themselves) and are willing to participate can be included in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Specific exclusion criteria are a severe psychiatric history, severe concomitant internal complications or death before the end of the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Correlation of passive, smartphone-based activity tracking with self-reports regarding psychosocial stress | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increasingly measurable psychosocial burden of reoperation compared to control group | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactJürgen Dukart
Institut für Systemische Neurowissenschaften Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf & Institut für Neurowissenschaften & Medizin Forschungszentrum Jülich
Outcome results
None listed