Cancer, Chemotherapy Effect
Conditions
Keywords
Complementary and Alternative Medicines
Brief summary
The chronic cancer status, multidisciplinary and ambulatory care, as well as the cumbersome effects of the disease and treatments, lead patients to consider other options than those offered by traditional medicine, such as alternative medicine and complementary (CAM)
Detailed description
In order to put in place a policy on CAM based on the knowledge held by the patient and the health professionals, it is imperative to obtain and analyze the following information: why this type of medicine is used, what are its benefits, how does the patient get information and what are his sources, who practices them and how the patient perceives the place of the hospital and the various health professionals to develop and secure the use of CAM. Our study will focus on CAM that can bring iatrogenic risk (phytotherapy, food supplements, acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, homeopathy, essential oils), and the following techniques: hypnosis and sophrology. The study is carried out in two successive phases: the interview phase which will make it possible to obtain results to carry out the questionnaires phase. Patients who will be included in the interview phase will not participate in the questionnaire phase. Finally, patients who participate in the questionnaire phase will not have semi-structured interviews. They will only have to answer the questionnaire.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Hopital Antoine Beclere
Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Woman and man over 18 * Francophone (speaking and reading French) * Patient followed for the management of cancer, hospitalized or not, receiving or having already received a treatment cancer administered orally and / or systemically.
Exclusion criteria
* Patient who has not been treated for cancer with anticancer treatment * Support in a palliative care service * Refusal to participate in the study * Patient under tutorship or curatorship * Patient deprived of liberty
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of the perception of patients regarding complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) in the management of cancer or its complications but also the place of different health professionals. | Time of inclusion | This evaluation is carried out using a semi-directed interview, then a questionnaire |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of factors influencing the consumption of CAM | Time of inclusion | e.g. age, sex, type of cancer, perpeptions of the CAM |
| Number of iatrogenic risks related to CAM and chemotherapy | Time of inclusion | CAM used by cancer patients and their chemotherapy |
| Prevalence of CAM used in cancer patients | Time of inclusion | Number of cancer patients that use CAM |
| Number of the information sources used by patients | Time of inclusion | questionnaire (eg internet, health professionals, TV) |
| Identification of the roles of health professionals in the patient's treatment process to help secure information about CAM | Time of inclusion | questionnaire (eg health professionals,roles) |
| Number of the CAM supply sources | Time of inclusion | e.g community pharmacies, supermarket, internet) |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed