Effect of a Symptom Diary on Symptom Care and Symptom Burden in Patients Treated With Chemotherapy: a Before-and-after-study

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status: Completed

Conditions: Vomiting; Nausea; Anorexia; Pain; Etcetera

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02050490

B322201419701

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study investigates whether the implementation of a symptom diary for reporting and communicating chemotherapy-related symptoms improves symptom care and decreases symptom burden in adult patients treated with chemotherapy.

The hypothesis is studied using a before-and-after design. First, symptom care and symptom burden will be observed in a sample of patients not being offered a symptom diary. Next, the symptom diary will be implemented at the participating hospital and symptom care and symptom burden will now be observed in a new sample of chemotherapy patients.

Enrollment: 236 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult (>18) patients with (any type of) cancer treated with chemotherapy
• Understanding Dutch
• Being able to sign Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• More than 3 lines of chemotherapy treatment in the past

Trial design

236 participants in 2 patient groups

Before group, no diary

After group, with symptom diary