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experimental group: case manager care combined cancer nurse navigator care

control group: only case manager care(usual care)

oncology case manager care combined with cancer nurse navigator care

cancer nurse navigator care

case manager care

hsiu-ju Chang, PhD

Cancer patients will be recruited from the Taipei Cancer Center of Taipei Medical University. This study was divided into two phases. The first phase adopted cross-sectional study design with questionnaires to analyze the potential predictors of depressive symptoms among cancer patients. The second stage was adopted experimental study design to explore the effectiveness of nurse navigators in cancer care.

The first phase analyze the potential predictors include the following: socio-demographic characteristics, disease characteristics, lifestyle, perceived benefits, cancer patient' experience with medical service, emotional distress, anxiety, and demoralization.

The second phase will be experimental study.Thus, subjects were randomly sampled and divided into 2 groups: experimental group and control group. Subjects in the experimental group will receive oncology case manager care combined with cancer nurse navigator care, while subjects in the control group will be designed as regular care, which only care with cancer case managers. Both groups will receive long-term follow-up analysis (pre-intervention, post-intervention - 3 months, and 6 months). Outcome measures include the following: perceived benefits, emotional distress, depression and anxiety, demoralization, cancer patient' experience with medical service, and medical report indicators (retention rate, completion rate, survival rate, mortality rate, untreated cancer within 3 months).

Eligible patient were randomly assigned by the computer random number generator to either intervention or control group. Several methods were used to maintain the treatment blindly, including segregation of assessment and treatment staff and instructions to patients to avoid discussion of treatment assignment with the independent evaluators.

The Effectiveness of Nurse Navigators in Cancer Care

Questionnaires to measure self-efficacy collected at three time points (baseline, 3th month, and 6th month). Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in PBS at three time points.

Questionnaires to measure patient' experience with medical service collected at three time points (baseline, 3th month, and 6th month). Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in PACIC at three time points.

Questionnaires to measure emotional distress and psychological problems collected at three time points (baseline, 3th month, and 6th month). Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in DT at three time points.

Questionnaires to measure anxiety and depression collected at three time points (baseline, 3th month, and 6th month). Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in HADS at three time points.

Questionnaires to measure demoralization collected at three time points (baseline, 3th month, and 6th month). Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in HADS at three time points.

Medical report indicators of the retention rate collected at 6th month

Medical report indicators of the completion rate collected at 6th month

Medical report indicators of the survival rate collected at 6th month

Medical report indicators of the mortality rate collected at 6th month

Medical report indicators of the untreated rate of cancer within 3 months collected at 6th month

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