Evaluation of a Program for Routine Implementation of Symptom Distress Screening and Referral in Cancer Care
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Neoplasms
In brief
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.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05949996
- Run by
- The University of Hong Kong
- People needed
- 2772
- Starts
- 2024-01-08
- Expected to finish
- 2025-09-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-04-03
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 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.
You may not qualify if…
- All cancer patients beyond two years post-treatment
Where it is running
- Queen Mary Hospital-Department of Surgery — Hong Kong, Hong Kong (enrolling)
- Queen Mary Hospital-Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology — Hong Kong, Hong Kong (enrolling)
- Kwong Wah Hospital-Breast Center — Hong Kong, Hong Kong (enrolling)
- Prince of Wales Hospital-Department of Surgery — Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Queen Mary Hospital-Department of Oncology — Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- The University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Institute of Cancer Care — Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- JCICC — Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Tung Wah Hospital-Department of Surgery — Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- North District Hospital — Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital-Department of oncology — Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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