Colorectal Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
complications, surgery
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to understand the patient experience with an adverse event after surgery. An adverse event is an undesirable experience or complication associated with your surgery.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALqualitative interviews
Sponsors
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age 18 or older * Patients who had elective surgery for a primary colorectal cancer within the last 90 days. * Patients who either: * Develop an eligible complication (Appendix 1) within 30 days of surgery (n = 25 - 30) * Do not develop any complication after surgery (n = 25 - 30)
Exclusion criteria
* Multivisceral resections * Metastatic or locally-recurrent disease * Physical impairment that may prevent participation in an interview or survey setting * Active psychiatric illness, cognitive or sensory impairment * Inability to speak or understand English * Refusal to participate in an audio-recorded interview * Inability to participate in an audio-recorded interview for reasons not otherwise specified * Any second surgical procedure unrelated to the complication within the 90-day period
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of complications | within 90 days | Information gathered from these interviews will form the basis for the conceptual model of surgical complications. Qualitative data will be obtained from patients who have directly experienced a surgical complication. These complications are defined and categorized by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed