Quality of Care in Relationship to Aborted Cancer Surgery

NCT05808712 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: ACS
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 350
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Surgery is often a central curative treatment for gastrointestinal tumors. Surgical treatment of diagnosed cancer tumors is decided after a comprehensive assessment of the patient's physical status, radiological assessments and after careful evaluation at the multidisciplinary conference. Despite the careful preoperative assessment of patients for curative surgery, the planned operation may unexpectedly need to be canceled. Of the patients who were planned for curative resection for pancreatic cancer in 2021 in Sweden, 90% received the intended surgery, and 10% of planned surgery was canceled. The reason for this was disseminated cancer or locally advanced disease in which radical resection is considered impossible to carry out. A systematic review of knowledge reveals a significant lack of evidence regarding patient-centered research and aborted cancer surgery. The studies in the project have different study designs and methods, and include focus group interviews with staff, translation and validation of a questionnaire to measure care needs, estimation of supportive care needs and patient experiences. An improved understanding and knowledge of patients' preferences and needs is needed to design interventions that can improve health-related quality of life. This project is dedicated to studying patients undergoing aborted cancer surgery, with the aim of improving the quality of care and meeting patients' care needs.

Conditions

Cancer; Gastrointestinal Cancer

Keywords

cancer nursing,; patient preferences; patient-centered care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• supportive care needs, questonnarie

  psychometric properties in the swedish version of the questionnarie SCNS-SF34

  March 2023 - March 2024

• Rate of supportive care needs in cancer

  assessment of supportive care needs via the questionnarie SCNS-SF34 (in Swedish)

  March 2023 - March 2024

Study Arms (1)

Translation and validation design

To translate the English version of The Supportive Care Needs Survey-short form (SCNS-SF34) questionnaire into Swedish and to test the reliability and validity. Design: Translation and validation design A multicenter national validation study, in three university hospital in Sweden. Consecutive sampling procedure during a one-year period (2023), to evaluate internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the SCNS-SF34 in Swedish. Number is calculated to be 300 patients, and test-rest (reliability) in 50 patients. Inclusion criteria = \>18 years, cancer patients with different gastrointestinal cancer diagnosis. Exclusion criteria= not able to answer a questionnaire in Swedish. Demographical and clinical data will be collected using a case report form. The survey will be distributed to patients via a web-based questionnaire or paper and pen questionnaire procedure.

Other: validation

Interventions

validation OTHER

Translation and validation design

Translation and validation design

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Cancer patients with different gastrointestinal cancer diagnosis

You may qualify if:

• \>18 years
• cancer patients with different gastrointestinal cancer diagnosis

You may not qualify if:

• \- not able to answer the questionnarie SCNS-SF34 in Swedish.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Linkoeping University: lead

Study Sites (2)

Jenny Drott

Linköping, 581 83, Sweden

RECRUITING

Department of Surgery

Linköping, 58185, Sweden

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neoplasms; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; Patient Preference

Interventions

Validation Studies as Topic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Digestive System Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Digestive System Diseases; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Patient Satisfaction; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Evaluation Studies as Topic; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Study Officials

• Jenny Drott

  Kirurgiska kliniken, Region Östergötland

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Jenny Drott, PhD

CONTACT

+46 732701839; Jenny.Drott@liu.se

Per Sandström, Prof

CONTACT

+46 7034058581; per.sandstrom@liu.se

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: RN, PhD, Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 28, 2023
• First Posted: April 11, 2023
• Study Start: March 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2028
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2028
• Last Updated: June 8, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SE (2)