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| Name | Class |
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| Danish Cancer Society | OTHER |
| Herlev Hospital | OTHER |
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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Immediate intervention | Experimental | Immediately after enrollment in the project, caregivers and patients receive the intervention |
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| Delayed intervention (3 weeks later) | Other | This group receives the same intervention as in the experimental group, but after the outcome assessment at 2 weeks |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Identification and provision of lacking information | Behavioral | The intervention consists of an interview about the caregiver's responses (baseline measurement) to a list about 'lack of information' within 13 areas. For each area, the patient's nurse will enquire about what information is requested by the caregiver and the patient. Subsequently, the nurse provides the requested information. She may involve the doctor and arrange follow-up visits or phone calls until the need is covered |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Satisfaction with information from health care professionals | Measure: The "Cancer Caregiving Tasks, Consequences and Needs Questionnaire" (CaTCoN) item 24 | Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Satisfaction with information from health care professionals | Measure: CaTCoN subscale "Lack of information from health care professionals" (revised version) | Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks |
| Satisfaction with communication with health care professionals |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The time spent on information as reported by health care professionals | Investigated in focus group interviews with the health care professionals | Weeks 0-6 from baseline |
| Satisfaction with information from health care professionals |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Mogens Groenvold, DMSc PhD MD | Bispebjerg Hospital | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Department of Oncology, Herlev Hospital | Herlev | 2730 | Denmark |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 22564144 | Background | Lund L, Ross L, Groenvold M. The initial development of the 'Cancer Caregiving Tasks, Consequences and Needs Questionnaire' (CaTCoN). Acta Oncol. 2012 Nov;51(8):1009-19. doi: 10.3109/0284186X.2012.681697. Epub 2012 May 8. | |
| 24628263 | Background | Lund L, Ross L, Petersen MA, Groenvold M. The validity and reliability of the 'Cancer Caregiving Tasks, Consequences and Needs Questionnaire' (CaTCoN). Acta Oncol. 2014 Jul;53(7):966-74. doi: 10.3109/0284186X.2014.888496. Epub 2014 Mar 16. |
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| D009369 | Neoplasms |
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Measure: CaTCoN subscale "Problems with the quality of information and communication from health care professionals" |
| Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks |
| Satisfaction with support from health care professionals | Measures: CaTCoN subscale "Lack of attention from health care professionals on the caregivers' wellbeing" | Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks |
| Satisfaction with support from health care professionals | Measures: CaTCoN subscale "Need for help from health care professionals" | Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks |
| Anxiety and depression | Measure: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) | Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks |
| Fulfillment of needs | Measure: Family Inventory of Needs (FIN) | Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks |
Measure: CaTCoN item 24
| Change from baseline (enrollment) at 12 weeks |
| Satisfaction with information from health care professionals | Measure: CaTCoN subscale "Lack of information from health care professionals" (revised version) | Change from baseline (enrollment) at 12 weeks |
| Satisfaction with communication with health care professionals | Measure: CaTCoN subscale "Problems with the quality of information and communication from health care professionals" | Change from baseline (enrollment) at 12 weeks |
| Satisfaction with support from health care professionals | Measures: CaTCoN subscale "Lack of attention from health care professionals on the caregivers' wellbeing" | Change from baseline (enrollment) at 12 weeks |
| Satisfaction with support from health care professionals | Measures: CaTCoN subscale "Need for help from health care professionals" | Change from baseline (enrollment) at 12 weeks |
| Anxiety and depression | Measure: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) | Change from baseline (enrollment) at 12 weeks |
| Fulfillment of needs | Measure: Family Inventory of Needs (FIN) | Change from baseline (enrollment) at 12 weeks |
| 25432867 | Background | Lund L, Ross L, Petersen MA, Groenvold M. The interaction between informal cancer caregivers and health care professionals: a survey of caregivers' experiences of problems and unmet needs. Support Care Cancer. 2015 Jun;23(6):1719-33. doi: 10.1007/s00520-014-2529-0. Epub 2014 Nov 29. |
| 31177391 | Derived | Lund L, Ross L, Petersen MA, Sengelov L, Groenvold M. Improving information to caregivers of cancer patients: the Herlev Hospital Empowerment of Relatives through More and Earlier information Supply (HERMES) randomized controlled trial. Support Care Cancer. 2020 Feb;28(2):939-950. doi: 10.1007/s00520-019-04900-3. Epub 2019 Jun 8. |