Effectiveness of an intervention to improve health and oral health related quality of life of oral cancer patients who receive radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy in a tertiary referral centre in Sri Lanka
- Conditions
- Oral cancer patients who receive radiotherapy
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2017/040
- Lead Sponsor
- Apeksha Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow up complete
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1. Male and female patients aged 18 years and above
2. Biopsy confirmed patients with oral cancer patients with any stage of disease
3. Newly diagnosed (< 3 months) and awaiting radiotherapy (with or without chemotherapy) as the initial treatment
4. Sufficient language ability in Sinhala to understand and complete the questionnaires
5. Not participating in any other trial or study possibly interfering with the present study
1. Patients who have already undergone surgical treatment
2. Patients who receive small doses of radiation therapy as palliative care
3. Patients who are unable to participate in the interviews due to obvious cognitive impairment, psychological disturbance or language problems
4. Patients with communication barriers and patients who wish to be followed up at private sector
5. Patients with evidence of brain metastases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Oral health related quality of life and health related quality of life as determined by the following<br><br>1) Modified EORTC-OH15 questionnaire (European Organisation for the Research and Treatment-Oral Health15)<br><br>2) Modified EORTC C-30 (Core 30) questionnaire<br><br>3) Modified EORTC H&N35 (Head & Neck 35) questionnaire [At baseline, during last week of radiotherapy course and 3 months after completion of radiotherapy.]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method one [None]<br>