Evaluation of a Oncology Day Care Unit Programme With Two Different Focuses (TK-Onko)

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Conventional integrative day care unit programme; Behavioral: Nature-near integrative day care unit programme

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04411251

TK-Onko

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of a nature-centred integrative oncology day care unit programme ("outdoor concept") compared with an already established integrative oncology day care unit programme ("indoor concept").

Enrollment: 107 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• cancer diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

• cognitive impairment that would interfere with questionnaire replies or the intervention
• pregnancy or lactation
• known serious mental illness
• participation in another study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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107 participants in 2 patient groups

Outdoor

Experimental group

Description:

Nature-centered therapy in a near-natural area

Treatment:

Behavioral: Nature-near integrative day care unit programme

Indoor

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional therapy in rooms mainly in a hospital building

Treatment:

Behavioral: Conventional integrative day care unit programme