Prostate Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
In a participatory process involving urologists and former patients, the project team has developed an online information system (tutorial) for patients with localized prostate cancer. In this field test, relevant outcomes are measured and the tutorial will be tested for its clinical applicability.
Detailed description
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men: In Switzerland, every year about 6,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. Men with prostate cancer at an early stage are confronted with a difficult decision: they are faced with different treatment alternatives, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. That is why a comprehensive information delivery and processing is extremely important for patients to make an informed decision. Therefore, an online platform has been developed in collaboration with urologists and former patients. This online platform is designed to cover the individual information needs of patients with early prostate cancer. Additionally, the software aims at facilitating cooperation between patients and doctors and at increasing the satisfaction of patients with their treatment decision. In this study, the online platform will now to be tested in clinical practice, and data will be collected for the benefit of the platform: Can the online platform actually satisfy the indivudal information needs, facilitate the therapy decision and support the cooperation between doctors and patients?
Interventions
OTHEROnline tutorial
website informing about treatment options in localized prostate cancer
Sponsors
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
No minimum to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Medical Inclusion Criteria: * tumor stage: clinical stage T1 or T2 * PSA level \<20 (PSA = Prostata-specific antigen) * Gleason score \<8 * age ≤ 75 years * Assumed life expectancy ≥ 10 years Other inclusion criteria due to the study design and the type of intervention are the following: * patients have to be diagnosed in one of the trial sites * Internet-enabled device in the patient's household / basal user knowledge of this device * signing of the consent form
Exclusion criteria
* Impaired judgment * Insufficient ability to read and understand German * Emotional problems
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| information needs (own scale) | 4 months | questionnaire developed in line with contents of the online tutorial |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Decision Quality: decisional conflict (Decisional Conflict Scale) | 1 month |
| Decision Quality: decision regret (Decision Regret Scale) | 4 months |
| Role in decision making: Preferred Role (Preferred Role in Decision Making Scale) | 1 month |
| Role in decision making: Actual Role (Actual Role in Decision Making Scale) | 4 months |
| Preparation for Decision Making (Preparation for Decision Making Scale) | 1 month |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed