Needs Assessment Tool Integrated in Clinical Practice of Head and Neck Cancer Rehabilitation

NCT ID: NCT03443258

Last Updated: 2020-10-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

93 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-06-11

Study Completion Date

2019-11-30

Brief Summary

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The study tests a needs assessment and decision-making tool with patients who are in need of rehabilitation after surgery for Head and Neck Cancer. The purpose is to enhance patient involvement in decision-making.

Detailed Description

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The study tests a needs assessment and decision-making tool with patients surgically treated for Head and Neck Cancer. The tool will be an integrated part of a new clinical practice with nursing consultations at three seperate time-points in the post-surgical period of the patients. Half of the participants will receive nursing consultations using the tool and the other half will receive standard care.

Conditions

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Head and Neck Neoplasms

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Patients are assigned to either intervention or control group. The intervention group receives a nursing consultation using a need assessment and decision making tool. The control group receives usual care.
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention Group (IG)

Patients receive needs assessment tool integrated in nursing consultation in accordance with requirements by Danish Health and Medicine Board follow-up program for HNC patients. The consultation consists of 6 steps 1. Welcoming patient; 2. Introducing patient to assessment tool; 3. Discuss symptoms and concerns patient wishes to discuss; 4. Follow up on patients symptoms, concerns and emotional reactions/problems; 5. Accompany/support patient during appointment with surgeon and in cooperation with patient and surgeon ensure that problems arising from the tool needing medical attention are focused on; 6. Continue the consultation after appointment with surgeon; refer patient to multi-disciplinary team members when needed

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Needs assesment tool integrated in nursing consultation.

Intervention Type OTHER

Needs assessment tool consisting of 57 items related to functional, emotional, social and existential areas guide follow-up care and referral to multidisciplinary team rehabilitation e.g. dietician; speech-pathologist; psychologist, etc

Control Group (CG)

CG will receive standard care according to the Danish Health and Medicine Board's follow-up program for HNC patients. At present this is done by a staff nurse interviewing the patient, who is a member of the rehabilitation team who perform nursing consultations. The interview takes place after the appointment with the surgeon. The nurse refers the patient to physical rehabilitation if needed

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Needs assesment tool integrated in nursing consultation.

Needs assessment tool consisting of 57 items related to functional, emotional, social and existential areas guide follow-up care and referral to multidisciplinary team rehabilitation e.g. dietician; speech-pathologist; psychologist, etc

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Clinical diagnosis of Head and Neck Cancer
* Stage T3 or T4
* Surgically treated
* Must be able to speak and understand Danish

Exclusion Criteria

* Treated surgically for thyroid or parotic cancers
* Referred to adjuvant radio - or chemotherapy
* Having an unstable psychiatric illness.
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Novo Nordisk A/S

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Danish Nurses Organisation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Rigshospitalet, Denmark

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Annelise Mortensen

PhD student

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Annelise Mortensen, MSA

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Locations

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Dept. Of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology

Copenhagen, , Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

References

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Mortensen A, Wessel I, Rogers SN, Tolver A, Jarden M. Needs assessment in patients surgically treated for head and neck cancer-a randomized controlled trial. Support Care Cancer. 2022 May;30(5):4201-4218. doi: 10.1007/s00520-021-06759-9. Epub 2022 Jan 27.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35083545 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Other Identifiers

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05781

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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