The Needs of Cancer Survivors

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01686971

Enrollment

150

Registered

2012-09-18

Start date

2012-11-30

Completion date

2013-11-30

Last updated

2012-09-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Breast Cancer Patients., Colon Cancer Patients., Needs and Demands of Oncology Patients

Brief summary

A questionaire for cancer patients without an active treatment in order to evaluate their needs and/or demands.

Detailed description

Cancer patients on finishing therapy will be interviewed by a registered nurse by a approved questionaire asking about his /her feeling needs and demands. Efforts to help them will be trid It is well known from studies that survivors have unmet medical and non-medical needs that are not met, this includes physical, emotional and practical issues. The purpose of this study is to study them and investigate the methods how to alleviate them. All patients with breast and colon cancer that are refered to the Rambam Oncology center will be investigated.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients diagnosed with two common cancers (breast, colon) that have completed the treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy) * Male and Female patients 18-80 years old.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with active disease. * Recipients of care that matches the criteria of hospice care. * Patients with a diagnosis of dementia or other cognitive failure * Patients who do not speak Hebrew

Countries

Israel

Outcome results