Clinical trial NCT04236063: Rehabilitation Needs of the Malaysian Haematological Cancer Survivors
Official title: Rehabilitation Needs of the Malaysian Haematological Cancer Survivors Through a Single Centre Experience
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Haematological Malignancy
Leukemia, Acute
Lymphoma
Myeloma Multiple
Blood Cancer
Quality of Life
Keywords: Cross sectional study
Lead sponsor: University of Malaya
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-01-22
Enrollment: 168
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patient diagnosed with haematological malignancy under follow up at UMMC Haemato-oncology clinic

Brief summary: Many cancers are being treated more effectively nowadays due to the raised awareness and early detection as well as advancement in researches and technology. Despite the rising number of cancer survivors in the coming years, these survivors are still plagued by the poor quality of life due to physical and psychological impairment. According to the National Cancer Registry Report from 2007-2011, haematological cancer is one of the ten most common cancers in Malaysian population. Many haematological cancer survivors in Malaysia are reportedly having poor quality of life due to multiple physical and emotional impairments which leads to further disability in life. It is thus an important effort to identify the rehabilitation needs in these cancer survivors to implement alternatives to improve the disease outcome through cancer rehabilitation.

Detailed description: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study will be employed to identify the rehabilitation needs and predictors of needs in outpatient hemato-oncological cohort at UMMC Hemato-oncology Clinic for 12 months. The validated questionnaire employed evaluates the potential disabilities that could affect the aforementioned patients in domains such as communication, independence in mobility, self-care, social participation, handling relationships and domestic activity of daily living a month prior to the survey.

Participants of age between 18 to 80 years old, diagnosed with haemato-oncological illnesses will be screened; excluding potential participants who are too ill or cannot understand English, Malay, or Chinese; to be recruited in the research.

Based on the findings from the analysis, rehabilitation needs could be tailored accordingly to improve quality of life of these patients

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* patient with haematological malignancy
* agreeable to participate in the interview

Exclusion Criteria:

* ill at the time of follow up
* unable to understand English, Malay or Chinese
* refuse to be interviewed

Primary outcomes:
measure: World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0
timeFrame: 30 days ago from interview date
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Identifying patients who are at risk of disability from haemato-oncological illness
timeFrame: 30 days ago from interview date
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kuala Lumpur
country: Malaysia
facility: University Malaya
state: Wilayah Persekutuan
Study officials:
affiliation: SENIOR LECTURER AND REHABILITATION PHYSICIAN
name: SOO CHIN CHAN, MASTERS
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: SENIOR LECTURER AND REHABILITATION PHYSICIAN
name: ANWAR SUHAIMI, MASTERS
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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