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NCT Number: NCT00961610

Internet-based Support in Cancer Rehabilitation

This 2-arm randomized trial assessed the incremental effect of providing a lecture on Internet use followed by participation in an Internet-based peer support group following a week-long rehabilitation program, over and above any possible general effect of participation in the rehabilitation program.

Primary outcome measures are adjustment to cancer and mood disturbance.

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Key information

Conditions

Cancer Neoplasms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Department of Psychsocial Cancer Research

Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

Who can participate

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Cancer survivors who were randomized for or self-selected to a rehabilitation course at the Dallund Rehabilitation Centre were included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

  • Rehabilitation course weeks in which cancer survivors over 50 years of age were targeted specifically were excluded.

Treatment and study plan

Internet peer-support group

Behavioral

The Internet peer-support groups provided a self-guided space for communication, including an Internet discussion forum, a live chat room and a personal message system. No therapeutic content or information services were offered within the groups.

All Internet groups were run in a browser-based software platform with access through the website of the Danish Cancer Society (http://www.cancer.dk). All discussions were protected by a password and communication was encrypted.

The Internet groups in this study were all closed peer-support groups, accessible only by an invitation received by e-mail after registration for the study. The groups were open to access 24 h a day for 13 months from their individual starting date.

Primary outcomes

  1. Adjustment to cancer measured by the Mini-MAC scale Mood disturbance measured by POMS-SF scale

Secondary outcomes

  1. Self-rated global health

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Danish Cancer Society

Other

Collaborators

  • IMK Almene Fond
  • TrygFonden, Denmark

Registry information

Official study title

Internet-based Support in the Rehabilitation of Danish Cancer Survivors

Important dates

Study start
2004
Primary completion
2006
Study completion
2006
First posted
Aug 19, 2009
Registry last updated
Aug 19, 2009

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