Lungcancer, psychosocial signaling, Distress Thermometer and Problem list, psychosocial oncology, casemanagement, quality of life. Longkanker, psychosociale signalering, lastmeter, psychosociale oncologie, casemanagement, kwaliteit van leven.
Conditions
Interventions
Patients in the standard care group will receive the usual care and attention of the health care professionals as dictated by the institute.
Patients in the experimental group will receive extra psy
Sponsors
UMCG Groningen
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Starting a treatment with chemotherapy for either recently confirmed diagnosis of lung cancer, documented recurrence of lung cancer, thymoma or mesothelioma; 2. Disease stage Ib - IV; 3. ECOG Performance score 0-2; 4. Age > 18 years.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Actual psychiatric disorder.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life (QOL) as measured by the EORTC-QLQ-30 questionnaire and its lung module QLQ-LC13, the Hospital anxiety and depression scale and the EuroQol 5 EQ-5D. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Patient satisfaction with care; 2. Total costs both inside and outside the hospital/cost effectiveness; 3. Progression free and overall survival. Measured bij Patient satisfaction questionnaire, Tic-P and generic cost-effectiveness questionnaire on top of questionaires mentioned above. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactH.A.M. Kerstjens
P.O.Box 30.001
Outcome results
None listed