NCT03434717

Optimized Rehabilitation Following Primary Breast Cancer Surgery

Optimized Rehabilitation Following Primary Breast Cancer Surgery - Systematic Screening as a Tool for Individualised Rehabilitation: Study Protocol for the RE-SCREEN Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 643 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Lund University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effects of an intervention based on systematic screening of psychological distress as the basis for individualised support and rehabilitation following primary breast cancer surgery focusing on psychological , physical and health-economics outcomes. The aim is also to illuminate patients' and relatives' experiences and need of support during the rehabilitation .

Detailed description

Breast cancer survivors are known to suffer from remaining problems from their treatment after surgery. Despite numerous of studies evaluating the effect of various rehabilitation programs it is know that patients often receive rehabilitation recommendations that are general rather than individualised to their needs. The large amount of studies within this area have contributed to knowledge about potential beneficial rehabilitation interventions for these patients but there is still a lack of knowledge about how patients specific needs of rehabilitation can be identified and how health care can adjust and individualize rehabilitation to optimize rehabilitation. This study aims to evaluate the effects of an intervention based on systematic screening of psychological distress as the basis for individualised support and rehabilitation following primary breast cancer surgery focusing on psychological , physical and health-economics outcomes. The aim is also to illuminate patients' and relatives' experiences and need of support during the rehabilitation.

Conditions

• Rehabilitation
• Breast Neoplasms
• Psychological Distress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Individualised rehabilitation	Patients will get access/support to individualised rehabilitation based on their needs identified through the distress thermometer
OTHER	Care as usual	Patients will get care as usual

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-11-15
• Primary completion: 2025-11-01
• Completion: 2025-11-01
• First posted: 2018-02-15
• Last updated: 2023-12-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden