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A trial to see how educational websites for cancer doctors, nurses, patients and family carers affect family carer involvement medical consultations.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Cancer
Cancer - Any cancer
Registration Number
ACTRN12619001507178
Lead Sponsor
The University of Sydney
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot yet recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
676
Inclusion Criteria

For clinicians:
•Hospital-based medical/radiation/surgical nurses and oncologists treating cancer patients.
•Nurses must have ongoing patient contact
•Have consultations with patients (and their family carers) to discuss cancer treatment
•Willing to participate in the study.
For patients:
•Aged over 18 years
•Diagnosed with cancer of any type
•Attending their first, second or third oncology consultation with a participating clinician
•Are accompanied to consultations by a family carer
•Having Internet access
•Willing to participate in the study.
For family carers:
•Are a person related to a participating patient biologically, legally, or emotionally who supports the patient inside and outside a consultation
•Aged over 18 years
•Having Internet access
•Willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

For clinicians:
•In the case of doctors and nurses who work together within a site, either but not both may be recruited.

For patients:
•If their clinician considers them too unwell to participate
•If their family carer does not consent to participate in the study
•Insufficient English language skills to complete the intervention and/or questionnaires.

For family carers:
•If the patient for whom they are a carer does not consent to participate in the study
•Insufficient English language skills to complete the intervention and/or questionnaires.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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