Thoracic esophageal cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Provide educational and counseling program for the patient participants with the aim of their health behavior maintenance and modification. Specifically, this program facilitates patient participants&
adequate swallowing, nutrition taking, and physical activity through structured self-monitoring skills including daily log.
Sponsors
Keio University, Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Esophageal cancer (indication of surgical resection) 2. Radical surgery (including open abdominal, open thoracic, video-assisted or thoraco-/laparo-scopic) 3. With or without preoperative or postoperative chemotherapy or radiotherapy (i.e., neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Have permanent tracheotomy 2. Two-step esophagectomy and reconstruction 3. Inappropriate to invite for study participation, deemed by the patients' surgeon in charge
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Feasibility of the STEP Program: Patients' participation rate, attrition rate, response rate; the level of understanding about patient education, adherence rate of the program, the efficacy of the program, the level of willingness to continue participation | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 2. Development and evaluation of a set of provisional indicators and measures of the study: Evaluation of postsurgical recovery and quality of life (e.g., level of daily physical activity, quality of life, body mass index, etc. before surgery, before discharge from hospital, 2 weeks after discharge, 3 months after surgery, 6 months after surgery) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactHideo Uesugi
National Cancer Center Hospital East Department of Nursing
Outcome results
None listed