Nurse-or Surgeon-led Follow-up After Rectal Cancer

Centrallasarettet Västerås110 enrolled

Overview

Follow-up programmes consume a large amount of resources with less time for the surgeon to take on new patients. The aim of this randomised study was to compare patient satisfaction, resource utilisation, and medical safety in patients curatively operated for rectal cancer that were followed-up by a surgeon or a nurse.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

110

Conditions

Rectal Cancer

Interventions

Comparison of follow-upOTHER

Comparison of follow-up by nurse or surgeon after rectal cancer surgery

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 19 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients curatively operated for rectal cancer. * Patients had to be more than 18 years of age and written and oral informed consent was obtained. Exclusion Criteria: * Those with psychiatric disorders, dementia and whose general condition had deteriorated with an expected survival of less than six months were not eligible.

Locations (1)

Departement of Surgery, Central Hospital

Västerås, Sweden

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Patient satisfaction

Time frame: At each patient visit, i.e. every 6 months during the first three years than every year after rectal cancer surgery.

Secondary Outcomes

Resource utilisation

Time frame: at each patient visit, i.e. every 6 months during the first three years than every year after rectal cancer surgery.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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