The Need for Rehabilitation and the Connection With Attachment Styles Among Patients With Gynaecological Cancer

• Conditions: Needs for Rehabilitation; Adult Attachment Style; Quality of Life.; Depression; PTSD

• Registration Number: NCT01638741
• Lead Sponsor: Kamila Adellund Holt

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to provide new knowledge about:

* Integration of rehabilitation in a highly specialized gynaecological department.

* Development and testing of an individually adapted rehabilitation process.

* Needs for rehabilitation among women with gynaecological cancer.

* Connection between adult attachment style for women with gynaecological cancer and their quality of life, rehabilitation needs and symptoms of depression /PTSD.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-09
• Study First Submitted: 2012-05-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-07-09
• Study First Posted: 2012-07-12
• Status Verified: 2013-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-04-23
• Last Update Posted: 2013-04-24
• Primary Completion: 2013-06
• Study Completion: 2014-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• suspicion of gynaecological cancer
• surgery for gynaecological cancer

Exclusion Criteria

• do not speak Danish

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from baseline in Quality of life at 5 months after surgery.	at baseline and 5 months after surgery	EORCT QLQ-C 30 (QLQ is quality of life questionnaire) and EORCT QLQ-OV28 (OV - Ovarian) and EORCT QLQ-EN ( EN - endometrial) 24 and EORCT QLQ- CX 24 ( CX - cervix.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from baseline in Revised Adult Attachment at 5 months after surgery.	At baseline and 5 months after sugery	Revised Adult Attachment Scale (RAAS- 18) is used to measure attachment style among women with gynaecological cancer.
Change from baseline in Depression at 5 months after surgery.	At baseline and 5 months after surgery.	MDI-12 (Major Depression Inventory), ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases), measure the depression level in the period from baseline and 5 months after surgery.
Change from baseline in Posttraumatic stress disorder at 5 months after surgery	At baseline and 5 months after surgery.	To measure the Posttraumatic stress disorder we uge HTQ-17 (Harvard Trauma Questionnaire) for PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Odense University Hospital; 🇩🇰 Odense, Fyn, Denmark