Developing a complementary medicine intervention tailored for cancer patients' healthcare needs to be addressed during follow-up care in general practice

Recruiting

• Conditions: C15-C26; C50; C51-C58; C60-C63; C64-C68; Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs; Malignant neoplasm of breast; Malignant neoplasms of female genital organs; Malignant neoplasms of male genital organs; Malignant neoplasms of urinary tract

• Registration Number: DRKS00010151
• Lead Sponsor: Abteilung Allgemeinmedizin und VersorgungsforschungUniversitätsklinikum Heidelberg

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-03-23
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

The following selection criteria will be applied for the purposeful sampling strategy:

General practitioners and their medical assistants: high/low interest in implementing a complementary counselling intervention in their general practices, high/low experience with oncology patients during follow-up care

Experts in complementary medicine: current stay as well as researching and teaching in German-speaking countries, member of national and international complementary medicine networks, managing directors or experts of/in national complementary medicine institutes or organizations

Patients: cancer diagnosis (gynecological, prostate, colorectal), completion of initial therapy, follow-up care in general practice, gender: female/male, employment status: employed/non-working, high/low interest in complementary medicine

Exclusion Criteria

insufficient knowledge of the German language, cognitive disability

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The aim of the CAM-NAKOPA-study is the development of a complementary counselling intervention to address holistic healthcare needs of oncology patients in general practice follow-up care.