A Qualitative Study Into How Patients Deal With Chemotherapy-related Side Effects at Home
Completed
- Conditions
- Exploration of How Patients Deal With Side Effects From Chemotherapy
- Interventions
- Other: No intervention
- Registration Number
- NCT01867489
- Lead Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
- Brief Summary
This qualitative study explores how patients deal with the side effects from chemotherapy at their home, what factors and ideas influence their symptom self-management and how professional caregivers contribute to the management of their symptoms at home. Data are collected through semi-structured interviews with adult patients treated with chemotherapy and analysed using a Grounded Theory approach.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 28
Inclusion Criteria
- Adult (≥18 years) patients with (any type and any stage of) cancer who were undergoing chemotherapy treatment in an ambulatory setting or during short hospital stays
- Dutch speaking
- Able to provide informed consent and to participate in an interview
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients who were in the first 2 cycles of treatment
- Patients for whom an interview was considered physically, mentally and/or emotionally too burdensome.
- Patients who had reported not to experience any side effect from treatment at all
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Chemotherapy, Cancer No intervention Adult cancer patients (with any type of cancer) being treated with chemotherapy
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method patient's experience one interview during the course of treatment, i.e. one timepoint between 2 months after the start of chemotherapy and the end of the patient's treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
UZ Leuven
🇧🇪Leuven, Belgium