Condition 1: Gastrointestinal cancer. Condition 2: Multi-professional support program. Condition 3: Symptom burden. Condition 4: Elder. Malignant neoplasm of ill-defined sites within the digestive system
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention: In the first face-to-face meeting with the patient, the patient will complete the questionnaires of personal characteristics, Edmonton symptom burden and patient activati
Sponsors
Research assistant of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Definite diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancer, including esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, with inclusion in the medical record by a specialist Elderly and over 60 years old Ability to verbally communicate in Persian or an understandable local dialect Full consent to participate in research work The expected cycle of chemotherapy with an interval of 2 weeks (sometimes based on the opinion of the doctor and the clinical condition of the patient and the type of drug regimen in gastric cancer chemotherapy is three weeks, which is not used in the study) The patient's awareness of having cancer and undergoing chemotherapy Passing at least two sessions of chemotherapy (due to lack of resistance and participation in research activities and the onset of symptoms and side effects of chemotherapy)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Not suffering from a mental or cognitive disorder such as Alzheimer's.. to cooperate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Load of symptoms. Timepoint: 2 months, a week before, a month after. Method of measurement: The score obtained from the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale.;Activation. Timepoint: 2 months, a week before, a month after. Method of measurement: The score obtained from the patient activation measurement questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactReza Hossein Abadi
Khoram-Abad University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed