An evaluation of a Prostate Cancer Survivorship Care Programme
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An evaluation of the impact of a Prostate Cancer Survivorship Care Programme.
IRAS ID
155660
Contact name
Alison Richardson
Contact email
Research summary
An evaluation of a Prostate Cancer Survivorship Care Programme.
Men who have had treatment for prostate cancer often have unresolved physical and psychological problems which are not addressed through usual clinic-based follow-up care, while the numbers of men surviving prostate cancer longer is putting increasing pressure on these clinics.
To address these issues, Prostate Cancer UK in conjunction with Movember is funding a service improvement initiative in 5 NHS hospitals. The hospitals are replacing their current form of follow-up care with a model of care (the Care Programme) based on self-management and remote monitoring principles. The Care Programme will become the usual care pathway for all men who meet specific clinical criteria, as assessed by their clinical team, at the end of their primary treatment.
This study will take place in two phases. In the first phase (in two sites, known as development sites) questionnaires and interviews will be undertaken with men and health care staff, to assess the acceptability of a pilot self-management workshop.
The second phase (in three further sites, known as demonstration sites) will assess whether the Care Programme improves outcomes for patients, is acceptable to patients, and to assess what it might cost. The study will compare a group of patients who enter clinic based follow-up care over the 6 month period prior to the introduction of the Care Programme, with a group of patients who enter the Care Programme over the six month period after its introduction. The men will be followed for an 8 month period, with self completion questionnaires when they enter follow-up care/the Care Programme and then 4 and 8 months later. A small number of interviews will be carried out with patients and health care staff to elicit their perceptions and experiences of the two models of care.
REC name
East of England - Cambridge South Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/EE/1021
Date of REC Opinion
19 Jun 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion