A psycho educational group intervention to support patient competence: a multicenter evaluation study

Klinik für Tumorbiologie0 sites101 target enrollmentMay 15, 2013

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who.int

Start Date

May 15, 2013

End Date

February 28, 2015

Last Updated

last year

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

Klinik für Tumorbiologie

•The study exclusively includes primary diseased patients with breast cancer or prostate cancer who have been treated respectively with curative intention. This selection is made in the light of the fact that for tumor patients in a palliative a different training content is required as for patients in a curative situation. Inclusion criteria breast cancer patients: \- Curatively treated patients with a primary diagnosis of breast cancer (T1\-4, to N3, M0\) \- Breast\-conserving surgery or mastectomy \- Adjuvant treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy) completed Inclusion criteria prostate cancer patients: \- Curative treated patients with a primary diagnosis of prostate cancer (T1\-4, to N1, M0\) \- Surgery (prostatectomy) or primary curative radiotherapy \- Adjuvant radiotherapy completed

•Excluded are patients whos cognitive limitations do not allow to participate in the study.
•Exclusion citeria breast cancer patients: secondary cancers, other malignancy within the last 10 years, linguistic or cognitive limitations, which make it difficult to participate the participation in the training program, severe psychiatric illness (psychosis, dementia, etc.), current psychotherapy.
•Exclusion criteria prostate cancer patient: patients without treatment under watchful waiting strategy, secondary cancers, other malignancy within the last 10 years, linguistic or cognitive limitations which make it difficult to participate in training program or impossible, severe psychiatric illness (psychosis, dementia, etc.), current psychotherapy