Improvement of Information to Cancer Patients' Caregivers

Improvement of Information to Cancer Patients' Caregivers: a Randomised Intervention Study

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a systematic early assessment of uncovered needs for information, supplemented by an interview about the needs with the patient's nurse who seeks to provide the information requested, will improve the caregivers' and the patients' satisfaction with information and communication and potentially also decrease anxiety and depression.

Patient Inclusion Criteria:

• Cancer patient
• Newly refered to (i.e., this is the patient's first visit in) Department of Oncology, Herlev Hospital, in order to start medical treatment (e.g. chemotherapy)
• Written informed consent

Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:

• Attends the first visit in the Department of Oncology with the patient
• Has lacked information about at least one of the 13 aspects of information asked about in the questionnaire
• Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient and/or caregiver do not understand Danish well enough to participate in the study
• The patient has an expected survival of less than six months