REFINE: Personalizing psychological care for chronic cancer-related fatigue

Completed

Conditions: chronic cancer-related fatigue
longlasting exhaustion after cancer
10077546

Registration Number: NL-OMON48211

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit van Tilburg

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 5

Inclusion Criteria

- Cancer (all types) patients who have finished curative-intent cancer
treatment at least three months previously;
- suffer from severe fatigue since end of treatment (35 or higher on Checklist
Individual Strength - Fatigue Severity subscale);
- have visited their general practitioner, who ruled out a somaic explanation
for their fatigue;
- are referred to the Helen Dowling Institute for psychological care for their
fatigue;
- are 18 years of age or older;
- and have a sufficient understanding of the Dutch language.

Exclusion Criteria

N/A.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>We will combine qualitative data from an observation and interview. At the<br /><br>patient*s first meeting with the therapist at the HDI, therapist will discuss<br /><br>the network report with the patient. Patients will be asked to discuss how they<br /><br>experience this feedback. A researcher will be present to observe the meeting.<br /><br>Moreover, after two therapy sessions, the therapists will be interviewed about<br /><br>how they experience the (added) value of a network report in personalising<br /><br>treatment.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>We will also interview patients about and whether they experience (1) filling<br /><br>out the Energie inZicht app and (2) the descriptive feedback report as helpful<br /><br>in gaining more insight in their fatigue. THese interviews will also be used to<br /><br>explore how patients experience the content and design of the app and feedback<br /><br>reports. This will hopefully help us to further optimize the app and feedback<br /><br>reports. Based on the individual networks, we also hope to gain more insight<br /><br>into which factors are helpful and less helpful in coping with CCRF at an<br /><br>individual level. </p><br>