Exploration of How Patients Deal With Side Effects From Chemotherapy
Conditions
Brief summary
This qualitative study explores how patients deal with the side effects from chemotherapy at their home, what factors and ideas influence their symptom self-management and how professional caregivers contribute to the management of their symptoms at home. Data are collected through semi-structured interviews with adult patients treated with chemotherapy and analysed using a Grounded Theory approach.
Interventions
OTHERNo intervention
Sponsors
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Adult (≥18 years) patients with (any type and any stage of) cancer who were undergoing chemotherapy treatment in an ambulatory setting or during short hospital stays * Dutch speaking * Able to provide informed consent and to participate in an interview
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who were in the first 2 cycles of treatment * Patients for whom an interview was considered physically, mentally and/or emotionally too burdensome. * Patients who had reported not to experience any side effect from treatment at all
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| patient's experience | one interview during the course of treatment, i.e. one timepoint between 2 months after the start of chemotherapy and the end of the patient's treatment |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed