Flash Mob Study With Regard to Travel Willingness Among Patients With Cancer

Completed

• Conditions: Cancer
• Interventions: Other: Survey about travel willingness regarding cancer treatment and follow-up

• Registration Number: NCT05940753
• Lead Sponsor: University Medical Center Groningen

Brief Summary

This is a cross-sectional study in the form of a flash mob study, in which an inventory will be made on 13 and 14 March 2023 of the willingness to travel of oncology patients in the participating hospitals. Patients who have an appointment with an internist-oncologist or oncology specialist nurse at the outpatient clinic or by telephone and patients who come to day treatment unit for medical oncology are asked to participate. Willingness to travel is examined by means of a survey, in which a minimal set of categorized patient data (e.g. age, gender, level of education) is collected as part of the survey.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-03-13
• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-20
• Primary Completion: 2023-05-01
• Study Completion: 2023-05-01
• Status Verified: 2023-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-07-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-07-03
• Study First Posted: 2023-07-11
• Last Update Posted: 2023-07-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 5000

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Cohort: medical oncology patients in the out-patient clinic or treatment unit on 13 or 14 march 2023	Survey about travel willingness regarding cancer treatment and follow-up	No interventions.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Travel willingness	1 day	How far is the oncological patient willing to travel for his/her systemic treatment or follow-up?

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Facilitating and inhibiting factors for willingness to travel	1 day	What are facilitating and inhibiting factors in patients' willingness to travel?
Which patient characteristics are associated with willingness to travel?	1 day	Which patient characteristics are associated with willingness to travel? (age, type of cancer, curative/palliative treatment, distance to nearest hospital)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Medical Center Groningen; 🇳🇱 Groningen, Netherlands