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Brief Title: Involvement of Patients and Relatives in the Course of Cancer Disease
Official Title: Involvement of Patients and Relatives in the Course of Cancer Disease With a Particular View to Rehabilitation and the Life With Cancer
Study ID: NCT01060761
Brief Summary: The objective is to investigate a rehabilitation program (supportive conversations and a rehabilitation course for cancer patients and their relatives together). The study evaluate the effect of the program compared to no intervention (usual care)
Detailed Description: The study aim to evaluate the effect and the benefit of the program. First the patients psychosocial well-being is assessed in a survey (EORTC, POMS, WHO-5 well-being index) Then their relatives psychosocial well-being is assessed in a survey (Ad hoc questions, POMS and WHO-5 well-being index) The effect is also assessed in qualitative interviews with patients and their relatives. The rehabilitation course is investigated in qualitative observations and interviews.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Odense University Hospital, Odense, , Denmark
Name: Helle P Hansen, Professor
Affiliation: University of Southern Denmark
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR