Involvement of Patients and Relatives in the Course of Cancer Disease (KRIPP)

University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rehabilitation; Relatives; Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Rehabilitation program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01060761

HMS-SDU- 2009-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective is to investigate a rehabilitation program (supportive conversations and a rehabilitation course for cancer patients and their relatives together).

The study evaluate the effect of the program compared to no intervention (usual care)

Full description

The study aim to evaluate the effect and the benefit of the program.

First the patients psychosocial well-being is assessed in a survey (EORTC, POMS, WHO-5 well-being index) Then their relatives psychosocial well-being is assessed in a survey (Ad hoc questions, POMS and WHO-5 well-being index)

The effect is also assessed in qualitative interviews with patients and their relatives.

The rehabilitation course is investigated in qualitative observations and interviews.

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Both the patient and their relative must agree to participate together
• Patient admitted to the Hospital
• Patient admitted with a lung cancer diagnosis or
• Patient admitted with a gynecological cancer diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

• The cancer diagnosis was not verified.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

Rehabilitation program

Active Comparator group

Description:

Counselling (supportive conversation with patient and their relatives together) Retreat Weekend (patient and their relatives together)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Rehabilitation program

Ususal treatment and support

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual support and treatment at the hospital, no retreat Weekend.