Clinical trial · Observational
Effectiveness of the Advocate Lutheran General Survivorship Center Programs
Assessing the Effectiveness of the Advocate Lutheran General Survivorship Center Programs on Patients' Quality of Life, Distress Level, and Satisfaction
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The objective of this observational study is to assess the effectiveness of the Advocate Lutheran General Survivorship Center's Programs by measuring the following outcomes of interest on participating patients: 1. Quality of life 2. Distress level 3. Satisfaction with the Survivorship Program General Hypothesis: Patients who participate in at least four classes in a two month period will have higher scores on the post-class satisfaction, quality of life, and distress surveys compared to their pre-class surveys.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Quality of Life | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
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Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (0)
[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Quality of life
- timeFrame
- 6-8 months
- description
- Questionnaire that includes 36 questions and asks how patients feel their illness has impacted them and their lifestyle with scoring as noted.
Secondary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Distress level
- timeFrame
- 6-8 months
- description
- The tool asks patients 39 questions about practical, family, emotional, religious, and physical problems in a "yes" or "no" format. A "yes" will scored as 0 and a "no" will be scored as 1. Therefore, the lower the stress level, the higher the score. The scores will be added for a total score.
- measure
- Satisfaction with the Survivorship Program
- timeFrame
- 6-8 months
- description
- Questionnaire that includes 8 questions that indicate how satisfied the patients are with the classes offered at the Survivorship Center.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
* Inclusion Criteria * Patients older than 18 years of age, any gender, and any race * Newly diagnosed with any type of cancer and now seeing one of the oncologists at the Advocate Lutheran General Hospital's Center for Advanced Care * Patients new to the Survivorship Center or only visited once * Must attend at least four classes in a two month period (any class, any time, any day) * Able to consent * English speaking patient * Exclusion Criteria * Not a newly diagnosed cancer patient * Patients under the age of 18 * Pregnant patients * Prisoners * Unable to consent * Non - English speaking patient
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