Impact of sociocultural factors on cancer patient care
- Conditions
- Health services research
- Registration Number
- DRKS00034420
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Primary Care, Radboud University Medical Centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1050
Patients with advanced cancer,
- who require palliative medical care or who are expected to require such care within the next six months
- who are about to be discharged from inpatient to primary care;
- and who have agreed to participate in the clinical trial of the European Pal-Cycles project (WP3). The WP3 clinical trial will be conducted in seven European countries (Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Hungary).
Health care professionals:
The healthcare staff of the participating departments (medical and nursing staff as well as other professionals who are in contact with the patients in the departments: Patient Admission, Case Management, Social Worker, Psychooncologist and Spiritual Counsellor) will be invited to participate in the study.
Patients unable to give informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Analysing the influence perceived by cancer patients of socio-cultural factors on their care and access to care in seven European countries (Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Hungary).<br>- Analysing the diversity of healthcare professionals involved in the provision of care in terms of age, profession, religion, migration background and languages spoken.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Analysing the resources made available to or requested by healthcare professionals to improve equity of care in their departments.