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| Name | Class |
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| Flemish League Against Cancer | OTHER |
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This study evaluates the value of a nursing symptom support en selfmanagement intervention for adult patients with cancer treated with chemotherapy. Using a prospective sequential design with a comparison group who receives standard care and a (later) intervention group who gets the nursing intervention, we will evaluate the effect of this nursing intervention on overall symptom distress (primary outcome) and other measures of symptom burden, self-efficacy, outcome expectations and self-care. By conducting sem-structured interviews with some participants of the intervention group, we will study the patient experience of the intervention.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Comparison group | No Intervention | The comparison group will receive standard care. | |
| Intervention group | Active Comparator | After completion of the comparison group, new patients starting chemotherapy treatment will be offered this study. Study participants will receive the nurse support and selfmanagement intervention. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Nurse support and selfmanagement intervention | Behavioral |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Overall symptom distress | Summed symptom distress as self-reported on the Symptom Burden Questionnaire | Longitudinal, during first 3 months after start of treatment |
| Overall symptom severity | Summed symptom severity as self-reported on the Symptom Burden Questionnaire | Longitudinal, during first 3 months after start of treatment |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Total self-efficacy score | Outcome will be measured by a self-report questionnaire: shortened version of the Cancer Behavior Inventory | Day 43 of treatment (+/- 1 week) |
| Total outcome expectations score |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| UZ Leuven | Leuven | Belgium |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009369 | Neoplasms |
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Outcome will be measured by a self-report questionnaire
| Day 43 of treatment (+/- 1 week) |
| Total self-care score | Outcome will be measured by a self-report questionnaire: shortened version of the Leuven- Patient Self-care during chemotherapy scale | Day 85 of treatment (+/- 1 week) |