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Expert interviews with professionals from healthcare research and design as well as from healthcare practice on barriers, facilitators, good practices and recommendations for action in cancer screening for people with intellectual disabilities as part of the EUCanScreen Joint Action

Expert interviews with professionals from healthcare research and design as well as from healthcare practice on barriers, facilitators, good practices and recommendations for action in cancer screening for people with intellectual disabilities as part of the EUCanScreen Joint Action

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00038014
Enrollment
20
Registered
2025-10-01
Start date
2025-09-19
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-04-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

People with intellectual disabilities according to ICD-10 (F70–F79). In addition, syndromes associated with ID are included, such as Rett syndrome (F84.2), encephalocele (Q01), microcephaly (Q02), Down syndrome (Q90), Edwards and Patau syndromes (Q91), other trisomies (Q92), and Fragile X syndrome (Q99.2).

Interventions

Group 1: Experts from research, programme design, and clinical practice who will be interviewed on barriers, facilitators, good practices, and recommendations in cancer screening for people with intel

Sponsors

Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft e. V.
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: a) Experts from at least one of the following areas: - Clinical care (e.g. physicians, nurses) - Health policy, health research, professional association or scientific society - Advocacy for people with intellectual disabilities b) Relevant experience in at least one of the following areas: - Design, implementation, or evaluation of cancer screening programmes - Work with people with intellectual disabilities Participants (experts) come from various European countries; however, recruitment, interviews, coordination, and data analysis are carried out exclusively by the German Cancer Society in Berlin, Germany.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Persons without relevant background in these areas

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Identification of barriers, facilitators, good practices, and recommendations for cancer screening in people with intellectual disabilities along the WHO Screening Pathway

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Description of national contexts of cancer screening (European comparison) and development of practice-oriented recommendations for programme design and clinical care

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine

Contacts

Public ContactCarmen Koko

Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft e. V.

koko@krebsgesellschaft.de+49 30 322 932 986

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 1, 2026