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The Patient-Perspective of Complications After Colon and Rectum Surgery: A Qualitative Analysis

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer

Treatments

Behavioral: qualitative interviews

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to understand the patient experience with an adverse event after surgery. An adverse event is an undesirable experience or complication associated with your surgery.

Enrollment

9 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18 or older

  • Patients who had elective surgery for a primary colorectal cancer within the last 90 days.

  • Patients who either:

    • Develop an eligible complication (Appendix 1) within 30 days of surgery (n = 25 - 30)
    • Do not develop any complication after surgery (n = 25 - 30)

Exclusion criteria

  • Multivisceral resections
  • Metastatic or locally-recurrent disease
  • Physical impairment that may prevent participation in an interview or survey setting
  • Active psychiatric illness, cognitive or sensory impairment
  • Inability to speak or understand English
  • Refusal to participate in an audio-recorded interview
  • Inability to participate in an audio-recorded interview for reasons not otherwise specified
  • Any second surgical procedure unrelated to the complication within the 90-day period

Trial design

9 participants in 2 patient groups

patients with complications
Description:
Each subject will participate in an audio-recorded interview, either in-person or by telephone, expected to last 30 to 60 minutes. Subjects' responses to the interview questions and basic demographic data will remain confidential. The interview will examine the impact of complications utilizing a semi-structured script specific to each group
Treatment:
Behavioral: qualitative interviews
patients without Complications (control group)
Description:
Each subject will participate in an audio-recorded interview, either in-person or by telephone, expected to last 30 to 60 minutes. Subjects' responses to the interview questions and basic demographic data will remain confidential.
Treatment:
Behavioral: qualitative interviews

Trial contacts and locations

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