Person-centred Support for Women After Treatment for Gynaecological Cancer

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

165 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-01-31

Study Completion Date

2015-06-30

Brief Summary

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Women treated for gynaecological cancer perceive many difficulties in life on the personal, social, and physical levels. Today they are offered a 3 to 5 year follow-up programme at the hospital where the main purpose is to improve survival. However, the women are very nervous before follow-up visits and although they feel safe about them, they express that their needs of psychosocial care and self-management support are not fulfilled.

The proposed study will test a person-centred intervention tailored the women's needs in a randomised controlled trial. The intervention will be based on the method Guided Self Determination (GSD), which has proved able to realize empowerment in practice in relationships between patients and healthcare professionals. GSD involves systematic use of condition-adjusted worksheets ('reflection sheets'), and advanced professional communication. Using reflection sheets filled out by each woman as the starting point for communication, problem solving will be tailored her personal needs. We expect that the intervention has the potential to support the women in better managing specific complications and difficulties related to concerns about recovery, body perception, fertility and establishment of intimate relations with their partner, all aspects important for the women's quality of life in the follow-up period after cancer diagnosis and treatment. The study will be the first to test GSD in cancer patients.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm Follow-up Supportive Care Psychosocial Circumstances Survivorship

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Autonomy-supportive counselling

2-4 autonomy-supportive conversations with an experienced nurse, educated both theoretically and practically in the method Guided Self-Determination that includes specific "reflection sheets" and use of advanced communication; in addition to standard care.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Autonomy supportive counselling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control

Standard of care.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Autonomy supportive counselling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women only surgically treated for cervix, ovarian (including borderline tumors), endometrial or vulva cancer, who attend follow up at the Gynaecological Department at The University Hospital Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen.
* The women should read, write and understand the danish language.

Exclusion Criteria

* Known recurrence.
* Participation in the preliminary pilotstudy.
* Health related problems both physical or psychological, that prevent participation. For example cognitive impairment, or patients with psychiatric diseases that is estimated to require nurses with competences within the psychiatric speciality.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No