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- Title
Follow-up care after treatment for prostate cancer: protocol for an evaluation of a nurse-led supported self-management and remote surveillance programme.
- Authors
Frankland, Jane; Brodie, Hazel; Cooke, Deborah; Foster, Claire; Foster, Rebecca; Gage, Heather; Jordan, Jake; Mesa-Eguiagaray, Ines; Pickering, Ruth; Richardson, Alison
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>As more men survive a diagnosis of prostate cancer, alternative models of follow-up care that address men's enduring unmet needs and are economical to deliver are needed. This paper describes the protocol for an ongoing evaluation of a nurse-led supported self-management and remote surveillance programme implemented within the secondary care setting.<bold>Methods/design: </bold>The evaluation is taking place within a real clinical setting, comparing the outcomes of men enrolled in the Programme with the outcomes of a pre-service change cohort of men, using a repeated measures design. Men are followed up at four and 8 months post recruitment on a number of outcomes, including quality of life, unmet need, psychological wellbeing and activation for self-management. An embedded health economic analysis and qualitative evaluation of implementation processes are being undertaken.<bold>Discussion: </bold>The evaluation will provide important information regarding the effectiveness, cost effectiveness and implementation of an integrated supported self-management follow-up care pathway within secondary care.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSIS; PROSTATE cancer; SELF-management (Psychology); TELEVISION in security systems; SECONDARY care (Medicine); NURSE-led clinics
- Publication
BMC Cancer, 2017, Vol 17, p1
- ISSN
1471-2407
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12885-017-3643-4