Evaluation of Interest of a Systematic Screening for Oncological Supportive Care Needs

Centre Paul Strauss134 enrolled

Overview

Monocentric, descriptive, cross-sectional, interventional, prospective and non-randomized study.

The study will unfold in the followed day hospital's departments of the Paul Strauss Cancer Center (Strasbourg, France) : supportive care department, chemiotherapy department and radiotherapy department. The study is based on two questionnaires that include six sections : nutrition, social, psychologic, physiotherapy, pain and supportive care needs evaluation. The first questionnaire gives information about the patient and allow to screen supportive care needs. It should be read by medical or paramedical staff who report the function of the reader and options that are proposed to the patient after reading the questionnaire. The second questionnaire will be done after 4 to 6 weeks by a phone call from the clinical research nurse. The objective of this questionnaire is to determine what kind of care have been provided.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

134

Conditions

Supportive Care Needs

Interventions

Evaluation of the supportive careOTHER

Evaluation of interest of a systematic screening for oncological supportive care needs

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient treated for a cancer * Age ≥ 18 years old * Receiving treatment (chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy) in day hospital and/or supportive care department * Able to speak, read and understand French * Able to communicate by phone * Written informed consent obtained from the patient * Registration in a national health care system Exclusion Criteria: * Minor or protected adult * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman

Locations (1)

Centre Paul Strauss

Strasbourg, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Evaluation of using oncological supportive cares after evaluation of supportive care needs reviewed by a professional of health, by a phone call

Assess the percentage of using oncological supportive cares after evaluation of supportive care needs reviewed by a professional. The use of supportive cares is evaluated with an hetero-questionnaire created for this study. The hetero-questionnaire consists in a phone call to evaluate the evolution of each item of the self-assessment questionnaire (which includes 6 evaluations : a nutritional evaluation (10 items), a social evaluation (8 items), a psychologic evaluation (6 items), a physiological evaluation (7 items), a pain evaluation (4 items) and a supportive care needs evaluation (6 items)).

Time frame: 4 to 6 weeks after baseline

Secondary Outcomes

Evaluation of initial supportive care needs by the self-assessment questionnaire

Assess the percentage of initial supportive care needs evaluated by the self-assessment questionnaire created for this study. It includes evaluations : a nutritional evaluation (10 items), a social evaluation (8 items), a psychologic evaluation (6 items), a physiological evaluation (7 items), a pain evaluation (4 items) and a supportive care needs evaluation (6 items).

Time frame: baseline

Assess the correlation between supportive care needs and age

Correlate the percentage of supportive care needs to age by a Pearson Chi squared test

Time frame: This analyse will be realized at the end of the study (9 weeks after baseline)

Assess the correlation between supportive care needs and sexe

Correlate the percentage of supportive care needs to sexe by a Pearson Chi squared test.

Time frame: This analyse will be realized at the end of the study (9 weeks after baseline)

Assess the correlation between supportive care needs and type of cancer

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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