The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a web-based intervention to support colorectal cancer patients prepare for and recover from surgery: A randomised controlled trial of the RecoverEsupport intervention.
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Colorectal CancerPublic Health - Health promotion/educationCancer - Bowel - Back passage (rectum) or large bowel (colon)
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12621001533886
- Lead Sponsor
- The University of Newcastle
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 334
Inclusion Criteria
Patients aged 18+ years with a planned bowel resection for colorectal cancer (up to 3 days to surgery); have an expected inpatient stay of at least three days; have internet access; are free from cognitive impairment, physically and emotionally capable, and are literate in English. (Nb. Support persons, if present, are also eligible to participate).
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who are unable to provide independent informed consent; those who are physically and/or psychologically not capable, those with advanced disease who have taken daily opiate analgesia for more than 1 month of the prior 12 months; and those who require emergency surgery or insertion of a stent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ength of Stay: The time elapsed between surgery and discharge, as recorded by Local Health District Medical Records (MR) data[ At discharge]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method