Effectiveness of hospital-based case management intervention on Chinese colorectal cancer patients
- Conditions
- colorectal cancer
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000044887
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Finance of Guangdong Province
- Brief Summary
85 patients in control group and 80 patients in CM group were recruited. Repeated measurement ANOVA showed that significant intervention effect and time effect in global quality of life, anxiety and depression, symptom distress, oral chemotherapy adherence (p<0.05). The CM group showed statistically significantly better overall treatment adherence and lower unplanned readmission rate (p<0.05).
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 188
Not provided
(1) patients without the ability of reading, writing and understanding of Chinese; (2) Patients with metastasis or recurrence; (3) Diagnosed with an advanced stage of cancer and accepted palliative therapy; (4) Patients with severe cardiopulmonary function disorders, such as heart function level 3 and above, COPD, level 3 hypertension; (5) Patients with psychiatric history.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method quality of life was measured at baseline (T0), three days after operation (T1), the first stage (T2-1), middle stage (T2-2) and last stage of chemotherapy (T2-3), and the end of one-year intervention (T3).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anxiety and depression and symptom distress are measured at six time points same as quality of life. Overall treatment adherence was calculated at the end of T3. Oral chemotherapy adherence was measured at T2-1, T2-2 and T2-3 of chemotherapy. Unplanned readmission rates were measured at the end of T1, T2 and T3.