NCT02050490

Effect of a Symptom Diary on Symptom Care and Symptom Burden in Patients Treated With Chemotherapy: a Before-and-after-study

Effect of the Implementation of a Symptom Diary on the Symptom Care Received and the Symptom Burden Experienced by Adult Cancer Patients Treated With Chemotherapy: A Before-and-after-study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 236 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study investigates whether the implementation of a symptom diary for reporting and communicating chemotherapy-related symptoms improves symptom care and decreases symptom burden in adult patients treated with chemotherapy. The hypothesis is studied using a before-and-after design. First, symptom care and symptom burden will be observed in a sample of patients not being offered a symptom diary. Next, the symptom diary will be implemented at the participating hospital and symptom care and symptom burden will now be observed in a new sample of chemotherapy patients.

Conditions

• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Pain
• Anorexia
• Etcetera

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2016-08-01
• Completion: 2016-12-01
• First posted: 2014-01-30
• Last updated: 2023-01-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium