Health and Employment After Gastro Intestinal Surgery - HEAGIS2

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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By using the M.A.D.I.T. methodology and the Dialogics science, SALVO Project aims to develop operational guidelines to support oncological target patients in the resumption of their daily post-operative activities. The research will implement an instrument for the purpose of measuring the health need of participants who are admitted to the surgical ward. Therefore, targeted interventions will be implemented with participants, and efficacy will be evaluated in order to define treatment guidelines. The principal aim of this study is to create a validated and replicable intervention model for supporting patients who undergone surgery for esophageal and gastro intestinal cancer.

Detailed Description
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Several studies highlight how patients diagnosed with a digestive tract cancer, experience difficulties in returning to work after treatment, leading to socio-economic spill-over effects. A specific 16 questions questionnaire had been developed for this study, the Health and Employment After Gastro Intestinal Surgery Dialogical Questionnaire (HEADS-DQ). It investigate peculiar patient competences involved after surgery: future forethought; context evaluation; consequences of own actions forethought; use of available resources, each relevant to four areas: clinical; familiar; working; daily-activities. Through this questionnaire participants ability in dealing with after surgery consequences will be evaluated in order to describe their development during the post surgery period.

Official Title
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SAlute e LaVoro in Chirurgia Oncologica (SALVO)

Conditions
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Esophageal Neoplasms, Gastric Neoplasm, Colon Neoplasms

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: >18 years old; Comprehension of Italian language; Esophageal or gastrointestinal cancer diagnosis; Curative surgery; No metastasis or neoplasm recurrence. Exclusion Criteria: <18 years old; No comprehension of Italian language; Not esophageal or gastrointestinal cancer diagnosis; Palliative surgery; Metastasis or neoplasm recurrence.

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 |
| --- | --- |
| Observative longitudinal<br>The participants won't receive any support during the post surgery period. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Utilization of specific competences by participants | Textual data derived from textual analysis: future forethought; context evaluation; consequences of own actions forethought; use of available resources, each relevant to four areas: clinical; familiar; working; daily-activities | 9 months after the surgery | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of participants maintaining their job |  | 9 months after the surgery | 
| Number of participants with jejunostomy maintaining their job |  | 9 months after the surgery | 
| Number of participants maintaining their social activities |  | 9 months after the surgery | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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quality of life, employment, social activities, surgery