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Evaluation of a Program for Routine Implementation of Symptom Distress Screening and Referral in Cancer Care

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by The University of Hong Kong
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorThe University of Hong Kong
Started2024-01-08
Est. completion2025-09-30
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
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NCT05949996

Summary

This study proposes to evaluate the process and outcome of an implementation program designed to implement nurse-led symptom distress screening and referral into routine cancer care clinics. Specifically, using a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial, This study aim to test if a systematic symptom distress screening program increases the proportion of eligible patients screened and referred compared to usual control. For process evaluation, this study will use qualitative methods to assess the experience and response to the implementation program.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* All cancer patients within two years post-treatment attending the specialized outpatient clinics for surveillance will be eligible for symptom distress screening, with no exclusions by any demographic and clinical characteristics.

Exclusion Criteria:

* All cancer patients beyond two years post-treatment

Conditions2

CancerNeoplasms

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