Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Bladder Cancer

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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RATIONALE: Gathering information about quality of life in patients with cancer may improve the ability to plan treatment and may help patients live more comfortably. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying health-related quality of life in patients with bladder cancer.

Detailed Description
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OBJECTIVES: To identify aspects of survivorship experience that differ by clinical risk (low risk vs high risk) in patients with non-invasive bladder cancer. To collect and examine data on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and symptom management. To analyze differences in outcomes between genders, stage and grade of disease, and recency of diagnosis (new diagnosis vs ≥ 6 month diagnosis). OUTLINE: Patients undergo a 45-minute telephone interview to assess their current medical condition and psychological functioning (i.e., bladder cancer treatment history, levels of depression and anxiety, quality of life, self-efficacy, and perceived social support). Patients complete a series of questionnaires including the Lepore social constraint measure; REACH social support measure; self-report inventories assessing patient communication, relationship style, illness intrusiveness, fear of recurrence, and social constraint; Impact of Events scale; Brief Symptom Index-18 and Global Severity Index; EORTC QLQ-C30 (general health-related quality of life); and EORTC QLC-BLS24 (disease-specific health-related quality of life).

Official Title
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A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES FOR BLADDER CANCER PATIENTS WITH NON-INVASIVE DISEASE

Conditions
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Bladder Cancer

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: informational intervention
* Other: questionnaire administration
* Procedure: management of therapy complications
* Procedure: psychosocial assessment and care
* Procedure: quality-of-life assessment


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Diagnosis of non-invasive bladder cancer within the past 4 years PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Not pregnant Able to read, speak, and understand English PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Not specified

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Survey<br> | Other: informational intervention<br>* Patient educational information<br>Other: questionnaire administration<br>* Survey<br>Procedure: management of therapy complications<br>* Survey<br>Procedure: psychosocial assessment and care<br>* Survey<br>Procedure: quality-of-life assessment<br>* Survey<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Collection and examination of data on health-related quality of life and symptom management |  | Cross-sectional | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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stage 0 bladder cancer