Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02056483
REBECCA - Research in Rehabilitation After Breast Cancer
Optimized Rehabilitation: A Randomized Study of Systematic Monitoring and Management of Breast Cancer Patients' Symptoms
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 50 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Danish Cancer Society · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine if a psychosocial intervention including a nurse navigator and systematic symptom screening may reduce psychological and physical symptoms as well as health behavior after breast cancer.
Detailed description
In this pilot study with a randomized controlled trial design, we examine the effect of an intervention optimizing and integrating rehabilitation for breast cancer on psychological and physical symptoms as well as health behavior after breast cancer. In the intervention group, we systematically screen for psychological and physical symptoms as well as health behavior (smoking alcohol and physical activity) not in line with the recommendations. Patients who screen positive are offered a sequence of sessions with a navigator nurse who monitor rehabilitation needs, supports the patient, educate in self-management of symptoms and refer to existing rehabilitation services as well as to up to 6 free sessions with a psychologist specialized in cancer patients. The rehabilitation services that the nurse refers to include several hospital departments and municipality services as well as general practice and by thorough follow-up on the patients use of these, the intervention aims at developing an integrated treatment and rehabilitation trajectory. The control group receives standard care.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Screening-based nurse navigation | Screening-based nurse navigation for breast cancer rehabilitation |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2013-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-07-01
- Completion
- 2015-07-01
- First posted
- 2014-02-06
- Last updated
- 2015-08-07
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Denmark
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02056483. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.