How does the diagnosis of a bowel condition affect quality of life and how do people manage their health?

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: gastrointestinal diseases; Cancer - Bowel - Back passage (rectum) or large bowel (colon); Public Health - Health service research; Cancer - Oesophageal (gullet); Cancer - Stomach

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617000003370
• Lead Sponsor: Erin Symonds

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-01-03
• Last Update Posted: 8 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 975

Inclusion Criteria

Recent colonoscopy (within two weeks) where one of the following new diagnoses are made: colorectal cancer, advanced adenoma, non-advanced adenoma, no neoplasia but other pathology (such as diverticular disease, haemorrhoids), normal colonoscopy
-Aged 40 years or older
-Be able to read and write in English
-History of colorectal cancer treatment within the last 3 years

Exclusion Criteria

-Currently has another type of cancer
-Has a pre-existing and ongoing bowel condition that requires medication or is the indication for the colonoscopy, eg. inflammatory bowel disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome will be the quality of life in people who have been diagnosed with a bowel condition. This will be assessed by questionnaire using existing surveys- a generic preference-based health related quality of life instrument (the EQ-5D-5L), a cancer-specific quality of life instrument (the EORTC QLQ-C30) and a widely used subjective wellbeing measure (the Satisfaction with Life Scale).[ This will be assessed via questionnaire within two weeks and 12 months after colonoscopy.]