Psychological and Physical Distress and Care Needs in Operable Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Surgery

NCT01362842 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: NTUH-201012108RC
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The lung cancer is the most has the life minacity in all kinds of cancers, and it also remains the most common cause of cancer-related death in the world. The group of lung cancer patients are suffer from huge disease impact that came from high mortality. Not only the course of treatment that patients has been diagnosis through operation is more faster, but also those who could be capable of operated are stabilized to keep follow-up at out-patient clinic. But in the next following five years after operation, they may take different dysfunctional level or some kinds of symptom distress. The effect has a great influence on those patients that have to face extended emotional impact, symptom distress and life style change. In addition, most of them concern about recurrent all the time in the remission. These situation needs us to place importance on it. The purposes of this study are to investigate psychological and physical distress and care needs in operable lung cancer patients receiving surgery. This survey includes two parts of physical and mental condition. First, the investigators are scoring their symptom severity and quality of life to check physical condition. Seconded, the mental condition will use validated questionnaires to realize the relationship of anxiety, depression, uncertainty, fear of recurrence, self-efficacy and needs. Final, compare all of the data to patients' needs. This study is a cross-sectional designs with convenience sampling that conform to the investigators recruited requirements. The investigators will recruit from the clinic of thoracic surgery in one medical center in Taipei and take five structured requirements. And the investigators are going to collect data from January, 2011 to December, 2012. Also expect results are lung cancer outpatients after surgery that more physical dysfunction or more depress of mental condition, it will lead patients' needs increased or significant difference. In conclusion, this study analyzes their needs in the remission that consequences can be medical professionals' reference material.

Conditions

Anxiety Postoperative; Patient Non-Compliance; Psychological Distress

Keywords

Lung Cancer; Symptom distress; Post-operation; Anxiety; Depression; Uncertainty; Fear of recurrence; Self-efficacy; Needs

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Thoracic surgery outpatients

You may qualify if:

• lung cancer patients after surgery
• stage I, II and IIIA
• surgery for 3 months to 5 years
• over 20 years old

You may not qualify if:

• lung cancer recurrence
• conscious unclear and do not know having cancer
• used to be treat (surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy) in 3 months.
• be uncomfortable or cooperate to fill the questionnaire.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Taiwan University Hospital: lead
• National Taiwan University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

National Taiwan University Hosptial

Taipei, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Patient Compliance; Lung Neoplasms; Anxiety Disorders; Depression

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Mental Disorders; Behavioral Symptoms

Study Officials

• Yeur-Hur Lai, Ph. D.

  Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: OTHER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 27, 2011
• First Posted: May 30, 2011
• Study Start: January 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: November 30, 2013
• Study Completion: November 30, 2013
• Last Updated: January 2, 2020

Record last verified: 2010-12

Locations

TW (1)