Cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Nurse led Palliative Care Programme
Sponsors
Sulleh Gbande
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: diagnosed with breast cancer, receiving palliative chemotherapy, aged 18 years or older, had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of three or more and who volunteered to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with cognitive impairments, severe pain, or other health or social factors that would prevent meaningful participation in the program or completion of study assessments were excluded
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome focused on unmet palliative care needs and secondary outcomes included pain, quality of life, and spiritual needs, measured by means of the Symptoms Distress Scale (SDC), Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (SpNQ), and EORTC QLQ-BR45 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain, quality of life, and spiritual needs, measured by means of the Symptoms Distress Scale (SDC), Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (SpNQ), and EORTC QLQ-BR45. | — |
Countries
Ghana
Contacts
Public ContactOluchukwu Loveth Obiora
University of the Witwatersrand South Africa
Outcome results
None listed