Information Needs After Surgery for Colorectal Cancer

This study has been completed.
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Lund University
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Region Skane
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01303393
First received: February 23, 2011
Last updated: NA
Last verified: February 2011
History: No changes posted

February 23, 2011
February 23, 2011
January 2007
August 2009   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Information needs - patients' and next of kins' [ Time Frame: 7 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
In the interviews with patients and next of kins separately they are asked to express their needs for information at that time.
Same as current
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Information Needs After Surgery for Colorectal Cancer
Information Needs After Surgery for Colorectal Cancer - From the Perspective of the Patient and Next of Kin

Aim The overall aim was to investigate information needs after surgery for colorectal cancer and factors explaining information needs, both from the patients' perspective and the next of kin's.

Sample Inclusion criteria are patients over 18 years of age that have gone through a surgery for colorectal cancer without having a stoma, and their next of kin with whom they live.

Instruments In study I, 100 patients filled in four different instruments 1-2 weeks after discharge to measure: QOL, information needs, sense of coherence and performance status.

QLQ-C30 and QLQ-CR38 were used to measure QOL. INFO26 were used to measure received information. The SOC - Sense of Coherence was used to measure sense of coherence. And finally the scale for ECOG Performance Status was used to measure the level of physical performance status.

In study II the same patients filled in the same instruments a second time, 5-7 week after discharge.

Information about marital status, occupation, diagnosis and prognosis were taken from the medical record.

Interviews In study III 16 patients both filled in the instruments in study I and II, and were interviewed to gain a deeper understanding of their information needs. The interviews were semi structured and will be analysed with content analysis.

In study IV the next of kin to patients in study III were interviewed about their own information needs in connection to discharge.

The interviews were performed twice for each person, 1-2 weeks after discharge and a second time, 5-7 week after discharge.

Data sampling The data were collected consecutively, and every third patient living together with their next of kin were asked to participate in the interviews.

Observational
Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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Probability Sample

Inclusion criteria are patients over 18 years of age that have had a surgery for colorectal cancer without having a stoma, and their next of kin with whom they live. They should be able to speak and read Swedish.

Colorectal Cancer
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Surgery for colorectal cancer
Patients that had surgery for colorectal cancer without receiving a stoma, and their next of kin.
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Completed
100
August 2009
August 2009   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • adult over 18 years of age
  • surgery for colorectal cancer in one of the three hospitals in the study
  • speak and read Swedish
  • be able to understand the instructions written in the questionnaires

Exclusion Criteria:

  • receiving a stoma
  • don't want to participate
  • not completed at least half of the items in both questionnaires
Both
18 Years and older
No
Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Sweden
 
NCT01303393
Etics review Dnr 558/2006
No
Jan Johansson, MD, Associate professor, Dpt of Surgery, Lund University, Sweden
Region Skane
Lund University
Principal Investigator: Maria Lithner, RN Surgical clinic, Lund, Sweden
Region Skane
February 2011

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