Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
This pilot study aims to evaluate the sensitivity, variability and responsiveness of a number of predefined clinical and psychological outcome measuring tools in an ambulant cancer treatment setting (home vs. hospital). The measuring tools will be evaluated in two patient cohorts. One cohort is treated as per standard of care at the outpatient hospital, the other cohort is receiving (partial) cancer treatment at home. A second objective is to create a costs inventory representing total costs for an ambulant treated cancer patient.
Interventions
PROCEDUREOncological Home Hospitalization
Sponsors
General Hospital Groeninge
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Starting new oncological treatment at the outpatient hospital. * ECOG ≤ 2 * Living within 30 minutes of drive from the hospital
Exclusion criteria
* Important comorbidity (ECOG \> 2) * Simultaneous radiotherapy treatment * Language barriers or communication difficulties * Problematic venous access * Known problems with administration of the therapy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sensitivity of the questionnaire OUT-PATSAT35 to measure satisfaction with the provided care of patients being treated at different ambulatory care settings (hospital vs home) | 8 weeks | Sensitivity will be analysed by comparing average outcome-scores between |
| Sensitivity of the questionnaires FACT-G, EQ-5D and MYCaW to measure quality of life in patients being treated at different ambulatory care settings (hospital vs home) | 8 weeks | Sensitivity will be analysed by comparing average outcome-scores between both groups |
| Sensitivity of the questionnaire HADS to measure anxiety and depression in patients being treated at different ambulatory care settings (hospital vs home) | 8 weeks | Sensitivity will be analysed by comparing average outcome-scores between outcome responses within both groups |
| Sensitivity of the questionnaire Distress Barometer to measure distress in patients being treated at different ambulatory care settings (hospital vs home) | 8 weeks | Sensitivity will be analysed by comparing average outcome-scores between outcome responses within both groups |
| Sensitivity of a self-designed questionnaire to measure the safety feeling of patients being treated at different ambulatory care settings (hospital vs home) | 8 weeks | Sensitivity will be analysed by comparing average outcome-scores between outcome responses within both groups |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Costs inventory representing total costs for an ambulant treated cancer patient | 8 weeks | Patients will be asked to record their medical consumptions during the first 8 weeks of treatment using a costs form. Furthermore, also hospital financial data wil be implemented in the costs inventory. |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed