Effects of Telephone Consultations on Discharged Liver Cancer

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The aims of this three-year study are to: From patients and family perspective to explore the needs for home care after receiving TACE, PEI, and RFA Develop a telephone follow-up and consultation program and examine its effect on self-efficacy, anxiety, depression and quality of life in liver cancer patients receiving non-surgical treatment.

Detailed Description
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In the first year, a longitudinal mixed method with quantitative and qualitative method will be used. The Distress Management Tool, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the Short Form-12 quality of life will be used to assess patients' care needs, anxiety, depression, and quality of life in the quantitative method. Data will be analyzed by descriptive, Pearson's Correlation, and Stepwise Regression for each time point. Tape-recorded and in-depth interviews with semi-structured interview guidelines will be used in qualitative method to interview the cancer patients who are scheduled to be discharged after treatment. Content analysis will be used to analyze the interview content. In the second and third year, randomized control trial will be used to recruit eligible subjects from inpatients in oncology wards in one medical center in Taipei. The eligible subjects will be randomized into a control or experimental group. The patients in the control group will receive usual care and those in the experimental group will receive seven instances of telephone follow-up or face-to-face education (the day before discharge and during the first, second, third, fourth, sixth, and eighth weeks after discharge).Data will be analyzed by independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and generalized estimating equations.

Official Title
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Effects of Telephone Follow- up Consultations on Discharged Liver Cancer Following Non-surgical Treatment

Conditions
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: telephone consultations about psychoeducation program


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patients with liver cancer in non-surgical treatment Aged above 18 Those who are wiling to participate in the research Exclusion Criteria: None

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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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: control<br>patient with liver cancer in non-surgical treatment after discharge receive usual care | |
| Experimental: patient in experiment<br>patient in the experimental group will receive seven instances of telephone follow-up or face to face education | Behavioral: telephone consultations about psychoeducation program<br>* experimental group will receive seven instances of telephone follow-up or face-to-face education (the day before discharge and during the first, second, third, fourth, sixth, and eighth weeks after discharge).<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 12-Item Short Form Survey | Quality of life | 3 months after discharge | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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hepatocellular carcinoma, Needs, Telephone consultation