The Needs of Cancer Survivors

Rambam Health Care Campus

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Colon Cancer Patients.; Breast Cancer Patients.; Needs and Demands of Oncology Patients

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01686971

0044-12rmb.ctil

Details and patient eligibility

About

A questionaire for cancer patients without an active treatment in order to evaluate their needs and/or demands.

Full description

Cancer patients on finishing therapy will be interviewed by a registered nurse by a approved questionaire asking about his /her feeling needs and demands.

Efforts to help them will be trid

It is well known from studies that survivors have unmet medical and non-medical needs that are not met, this includes physical, emotional and practical issues. The purpose of this study is to study them and investigate the methods how to alleviate them.

All patients with breast and colon cancer that are refered to the Rambam Oncology center will be investigated.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients diagnosed with two common cancers (breast, colon) that have completed the treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy)
• Male and Female patients 18-80 years old.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with active disease.
• Recipients of care that matches the criteria of hospice care.
• Patients with a diagnosis of dementia or other cognitive failure
• Patients who do not speak Hebrew

Trial design

150 participants in 1 patient group

questionaire

Description:

patients will receive a questionaire and speak to a nurse regarding their needs and/ or demands.