Experiences and health care needs of women with breast cancer. [Ervaringen en behoefte aan zorg van vrouwen met borstkanker.]

Quality of care for breast cancer patients: distress, health care needs and use.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON23929

Enrollment

900

Registered

2011-07-13

Start date

2011-02-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

borstkanker, mammacarcinoom, breast cancer

Interventions

A prospective, multicenter, observational study will be carried out in nine medical centers in the Netherlands. In each center, 100 breast cancer patients will be asked to fill in a questionnaire via

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All newly diagnosed adult female breast cancer patients with primary mamma carcinoma who visit one of nine participating centers are eligible for this study. Patients may be included up to 6 months after diagnosis, regardless of disease stage or type of treatment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients will be excluded if they: 1. Are younger than 18 years; 2. Are not literate in Dutch; 3. Have a prognosis of 3 months or less; 4. Have recurrent breast cancer.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Health care needs; 2. Health care use; 3. Health care costs and work-loss costs of breast cancer patients.	—

Contacts

Public ContactD. Lo-Fo-Wong

Department of Medical Psychology Academic Medical Centre Meibergdreef 15

d.n.lo-fo-wong@amc.uva.nl+31 (0)20 5667112

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)