Women With Vulvar Intraephitelial Neoplasia or Vulvar Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
Post-surgery complications in women with vulvar neoplasms (vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia and vulvar cancer) are still high and an instrument assessing patients self-reported post-vulval surgery symptom experiences is missing. The study aims to develop and validate a postoperative instrument to assess symptom experiences in women with vulvar neoplasms. In this mixed-method project 20 patients were interviewed, a WOMAN-PRO instrument was developed and content validity was tested by 6 experts and 10 patients. The instrument's psychometric properties and the prevalence of symptoms will be examined in a cross-sectional study in the University Hospitals Munich, Freiburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Zurich, Basel, Berne, and the Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen (N=150). The goal of this project is that symptom assessment becomes a standard component of clinical practice (to promote the early detection and treatment of symptoms) and research.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Foundation Cancer Research Switzerland
University of Basel
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* above 18 years old * able to read and write German * diagnosed with vulvar neoplasms * treated with vulval surgery during the prior six month
Exclusion criteria
* cognitive impaired * concurrently under psychiatric treatment or terminally ill
Countries
Germany, Switzerland
Contacts
Primary ContactRebecca Spirig, Prof. PhD, RN
Backup ContactBeate Senn, MSc, RN
Outcome results
None listed