The effect of practice nurse coordinated home care package administration model for cancer patients: a pilot randomised controlled trial
- Conditions
- CancerCancer - Any cancerPublic Health - Health service research
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12621001454864
- Lead Sponsor
- Rosemary Bryant Foundation
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Patients will be eligible for the study if they:
(1)receive a Level 3 or Level 4 Home Care Package
(2)have a past or current cancer diagnosis
(3)live within 20km radius of the enrolled general practice
(4)are able to understand and give informed consent
(1)Institutionalisation or change of residence to an area not covered by the study
(2)Hospitalisation for longer than seven days in the month prior to the intervention period, except for terminally ill patients who are readmitted for disease stabilisation and symptom control, as part of their usual process of care. This criterion is established in order to avoid the influence of hospitalisation interventions on outcomes
(3)Cognitively impaired or highly dependent on medical care who are unable to give consent
(4)Patient’s nominated home care provider declines to participate.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method