Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast, Palliative Care, Quality of Life
Conditions
Keywords
Breast Cancer, palliative care, life quality, performance status, esas
Brief summary
The aim of this prospective, observational study is the evaluation of the effectiveness of a 14-day Specialist Palliative Care therapy in participants with advanced breast cancer carried out in a stationary palliative care unit in Poland. The length of the entire study will be 36 months.
Interventions
PROCEDURESpecialist Palliative Care
In the research, Specialist Palliative Care was provided according to the guidelines established by Mid-Western Health Board in a Report of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care as well as according to recommendations of Polish Society of Palliative Medicine and Polish National Healthcare Fund. In order to ensure interdisciplinary and integrated palliative care, a team of specialists was appointed. Team members were engaged in the process of treatment of each patient during the time of the study and applied their specialist skills according to the needs of the patients
Sponsors
Silesian University of Medicine
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
33 Years to 91 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
the patient's conscious consent for examination and the ability to fill in the form by the patient herself. \-
Exclusion criteria
* patients with cognitive disturbances disabling credible answers in the questionnaire, deceased patients or those discharged from the ward before 14 days of hospitalisation.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Variation of intensification of patients negative symptoms before and after SPC | 14 days | intensification of patients negative symptoms was assessed by Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (esas) |
| Variation of performance status of patients before and after SPC | 14 days | performance status of patients was assessed by ECOG scale (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) |
| Variation of quality of life of patients before and after SPC | 14 days | quality of life of patients of patients was assessed by quality of life uniscale (QoLU) |
Outcome results
None listed