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

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center9 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer

Interventions

qualitative interviewsBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of complications

Information gathered from these interviews will form the basis for the conceptual model of surgical complications. Qualitative data will be obtained from patients who have directly experienced a surgical complication. These complications are defined and categorized by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0.

Time frame: within 90 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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