Clinical trial · Interventional
Can a Person-centred-care Intervention Improve Health-related Quality of Life in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
NCT02982746CI-TRIAL-00025222completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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)
At all of the follow-ups, including the worst period (between four and ten weeks), the intervention group reported higher scores than the control group, suggesting in this RCT that adopting the person-centred-care concept was a promising way to improve function and wellbeing in patients with HNC.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Related Quality of Life | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| gPCC (Gothenburg Person Centred Care) | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- gPCC-G (Gothenburg Person Centred Care) Group
- description
- gPCC-G Patients randomized to the intervention group were contacted and scheduled to attend a meeting at the oncology clinic with the nurse specialist in oncology
- interventionNames
- Other: gPCC (Gothenburg Person Centred Care)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control group
- description
- Control Group Patients randomized to the control group received usual care and return visits were scheduled according to the treatment procedure described under the previous heading and based on the Regional care program for patients with HNC. CG patients were recruited at the same time and in the same way as those in the intervention group
Primary outcomes (5)
- measure
- Health related quality of life EORTC QLQ-30 EORTC QLQ-35
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 99 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Eligible for this study were patients diagnosed with HNC, older than 18 years and able to read and write Swedish and, in addition, suitable for outpatient treatment with chemo- and/or radiotherapy, either as primary treatment or in a postoperative setting. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients were excluded if they had a previous or concomitant malignancy or were diagnosed and treated for depression as stated in their medical record. * In order to minimize the risk of bias, none of the patients were to be included if they were taking part in other research studies
References
Publications (2)
- DERIVEDGyllensten H, Koinberg I, Carlstrom E, Olsson LE, Hansson Olofsson E. Economic evaluation of a person-centred care intervention in head and neck oncology: results from a randomized controlled trial. Support Care Cancer. 2019 May;27(5):1825-1834. doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4436-2. Epub 2018 Aug 31. PMID 30171334
- DERIVEDHansson E, Carlstrom E, Olsson LE, Nyman J, Koinberg I. Can a person-centred-care intervention improve health-related quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer? A randomized, controlled study. BMC Nurs. 2017 Feb 21;16:9. doi: 10.1186/s12912-017-0206-6. eCollection 2017. PMID 28239295