A strategy to increase rates of patients recruited from an Australian Cancer Registry: A study involving survivors of haematological malignancies
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Participation rates of haematological cancer survivors recruited from an Australian state-based Cancer Registry invited to take part in an unmet needs survey.Public Health - Other public healthPublic Health - Health promotion/education
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12611000892910
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Newcastle
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 800
Inclusion Criteria
Participants were survivors identified by the Cancer Registry as:
* Having been diagnosed between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2010
* Diagnosed with a blood cancer (including leukaemias, lymphomas and myelomas)
* Aged between 18 and 80 years.
* Alive.
Exclusion Criteria
Survivors were ineligible to participate if they were:
* Deceased;
* Had previously indicated to the Cancer Registry that they did not wish to be contacted about participating in research studies;
* Were uncontactable.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Participant/study consent rates as assessed by survivors returning a completed survey.[At the completion of the study.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method il[Nil]