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Brief title
Health condition
Fear of cancer recurrence
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Severity of fear of cancer recurrence, as measured by the severity scale of the FCRI-NL
Secondary outcome
FCR-related distress, healthcare uptake, healthcare costs
Background summary
Many successfully treated cancer patients suffer from fear of cancer recurrence (FCR), affecting their quality of life and their physical, emotional, cognitive and social functioning. Effective psychological interventions for FCR exist, but are not widely available, as they are usually exclusively offered by specialized psycho-oncology professionals and institutes. Concurrently, the role of primary care in cancer and survivorship care is increasing. Therefore, there could be a role for general practitioners (GP) and mental health workers (MHW) working in primary care in supporting patients with FCR. In the current study the effectiveness of a primary care delivered FCR intervention will be evaluated, using a cluster randomized trial. The primary outcome will be FCR severity; secondary outcomes will be FCR-related distress, healthcare uptake and healthcare costs. Participating primary care practices will be stratified by size and socio-economic status and randomly placed in the intervention or the control arm. In the control arm, practices will provide care as usual. In the intervention arm, practices will offer a cognitive behavioural FCR intervention.
Study objective
Severity of fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) will reduce more with the current intervention than with usual care
Study design
baseline, 3 months after baseline, 12 months after baseline
Intervention
Primary care FCR intervention
Inclusion criteria
Being registered at a general practice that is participating in the study; Being 18 years or older; Having finished successful curative cancer treatment between 3 months and 10 years ago; Desiring support for FCR; Having sufficient Dutch reading and writing skills.
Exclusion criteria
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Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL7573 |
| Other | METC Utrecht : METC 18/879 |