The effect of a multi-professional support program on the burden of symptoms and the activity of the elderly with gastrointestinal cancer
- Conditions
- Condition 1: Gastrointestinal cancer. Condition 2: Multi-professional support program. Condition 3: Symptom burden. Condition 4: Elder.Malignant neoplasm of ill-defined sites within the digestive systemC26.9
- Registration Number
- IRCT20240723062519N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Research assistant of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 88
Definite diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancer, including esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, with inclusion in the medical record by a specialist
Elderly and over 60 years old
Ability to verbally communicate in Persian or an understandable local dialect
Full consent to participate in research work
The expected cycle of chemotherapy with an interval of 2 weeks (sometimes based on the opinion of the doctor and the clinical condition of the patient and the type of drug regimen in gastric cancer chemotherapy is three weeks, which is not used in the study)
The patient's awareness of having cancer and undergoing chemotherapy
Passing at least two sessions of chemotherapy (due to lack of resistance and participation in research activities and the onset of symptoms and side effects of chemotherapy)
Not suffering from a mental or cognitive disorder such as Alzheimer's.. to cooperate in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method oad of symptoms. Timepoint: 2 months, a week before, a month after. Method of measurement: The score obtained from the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale.;Activation. Timepoint: 2 months, a week before, a month after. Method of measurement: The score obtained from the patient activation measurement questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method