Rectal Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
rectal cancer, follow-up, specialist nurse
Brief summary
Follow-up programmes consume a large amount of resources with less time for the surgeon to take on new patients. The aim of this randomised study was to compare patient satisfaction, resource utilisation, and medical safety in patients curatively operated for rectal cancer that were followed-up by a surgeon or a nurse.
Interventions
OTHERComparison of follow-up
Comparison of follow-up by nurse or surgeon after rectal cancer surgery
Sponsors
Centrallasarettet Västerås
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients curatively operated for rectal cancer. * Patients had to be more than 18 years of age and written and oral informed consent was obtained.
Exclusion criteria
* Those with psychiatric disorders, dementia and whose general condition had deteriorated with an expected survival of less than six months were not eligible.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Patient satisfaction | At each patient visit, i.e. every 6 months during the first three years than every year after rectal cancer surgery. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Resource utilisation | at each patient visit, i.e. every 6 months during the first three years than every year after rectal cancer surgery. |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed