Post-surgery complications in women with vulvar neoplasms (vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia and vulvar cancer) are still high and an instrument assessing patients self-reported post-vulval surgery symptom experiences is missing. The study aims to develop and validate a postoperative instrument to assess symptom experiences in women with vulvar neoplasms. In this mixed-method project 20 patients were interviewed, a WOMAN-PRO instrument was developed and content validity was tested by 6 experts and 10 patients. The instrument's psychometric properties and the prevalence of symptoms will be examined in a cross-sectional study in the University Hospitals Munich, Freiburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Zurich, Basel, Berne, and the Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen (N=150). The goal of this project is that symptom assessment becomes a standard component of clinical practice (to promote the early detection and treatment of symptoms) and research.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
150
University Hospital Berlin
Berlin, Germany
RECRUITINGUniversity Hospital Dusseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
RECRUITINGUniversity Hospital Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
RECRUITINGUniversity Hospital Munich
Munich, Germany
RECRUITINGUniversity Hospital Basel
Basel, Switzerland
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGUniversity Hospital Berne
Bern, Switzerland
RECRUITINGCantonal Hospital St. Gallen
Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
RECRUITINGUniversity Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
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