colorectal cancer
Conditions
Interventions
intervention group was managed for one year by case manager, who organized multidisciplinary team, provided regular assessment, consulting service, and referrals.
routine care
Sponsors
Department of Finance of Guangdong Province
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Diagnosed with colorectal cancer through histopathology; (2) Aged between 18 and 65 years old; (3) Treated for the first time and accepted adjuvant chemotherapy; (4) Patients with an expected survival time >1 year; (5) willing to participate with informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) patients without the ability of reading, writing and understanding of Chinese; (2) Patients with metastasis or recurrence; (3) Diagnosed with an advanced stage of cancer and accepted palliative therapy; (4) Patients with severe cardiopulmonary function disorders, such as heart function level 3 and above, COPD, level 3 hypertension; (5) Patients with psychiatric history.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| quality of life was measured at baseline (T0), three days after operation (T1), the first stage (T2-1), middle stage (T2-2) and last stage of chemotherapy (T2-3), and the end of one-year intervention (T3). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety and depression and symptom distress are measured at six time points same as quality of life. Overall treatment adherence was calculated at the end of T3. Oral chemotherapy adherence was measured at T2-1, T2-2 and T2-3 of chemotherapy. Unplanned readmission rates were measured at the end of T1, T2 and T3. | — |
Countries
Asia(except Japan)
Contacts
Public ContactMeifen Zhang
Sun Yat-sen University School of Nursing
Outcome results
None listed