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A cohort study of the recovery of health and wellbeing following colorectal cancer (CREW study): protocol paper

BACKGROUND: The number of people surviving colorectal cancer has doubled in recent years. While much of the literature suggests that most people return to near pre-diagnosis status following surgery for colorectal cancer, this literature has largely focused on physical side effects. Longitudinal stu...

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Autores principales: Fenlon, Deborah, Richardson, Alison, Addington-Hall, Julia, Smith, Peter, Corner, Jessica, Winter, Jane, Foster, Claire
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3382420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22475242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-90
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author Fenlon, Deborah
Richardson, Alison
Addington-Hall, Julia
Smith, Peter
Corner, Jessica
Winter, Jane
Foster, Claire
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Richardson, Alison
Addington-Hall, Julia
Smith, Peter
Corner, Jessica
Winter, Jane
Foster, Claire
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description BACKGROUND: The number of people surviving colorectal cancer has doubled in recent years. While much of the literature suggests that most people return to near pre-diagnosis status following surgery for colorectal cancer, this literature has largely focused on physical side effects. Longitudinal studies in colorectal cancer have either been small scale or taken a narrow focus on recovery after surgery. There is a need for a comprehensive, long-term study exploring all aspects of health and wellbeing in colorectal cancer patients. The aim of this study is to establish the natural history of health and wellbeing in people who have been treated for colorectal cancer. People have different dispositions, supports and resources, likely resulting in individual differences in restoration of health and wellbeing. The protocol described in this paper is of a study which will identify who is most at risk of problems, assess how quickly people return to a state of subjective health and wellbeing, and will measure factors which influence the course of recovery. METHODS/DESIGN: This is a prospective, longitudinal cohort study following 1000 people with colorectal cancer over a period of two years, recruiting from 30 NHS cancer treatment centres across the UK. Questionnaires will be administered prior to surgery, and 3, 9, 15 and 24 months after surgery, with the potential to return to this cohort to explore on-going issues related to recovery after cancer. DISCUSSION: Outcomes will help inform health care providers about what helps or hinders rapid and effective recovery from cancer, and identify areas for intervention development to aid this process. Once established the cohort can be followed up for longer periods and be approached to participate in related projects as appropriate and subject to funding.
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spelling pubmed-33824202012-06-26 A cohort study of the recovery of health and wellbeing following colorectal cancer (CREW study): protocol paper Fenlon, Deborah Richardson, Alison Addington-Hall, Julia Smith, Peter Corner, Jessica Winter, Jane Foster, Claire BMC Health Serv Res Study Protocol BACKGROUND: The number of people surviving colorectal cancer has doubled in recent years. While much of the literature suggests that most people return to near pre-diagnosis status following surgery for colorectal cancer, this literature has largely focused on physical side effects. Longitudinal studies in colorectal cancer have either been small scale or taken a narrow focus on recovery after surgery. There is a need for a comprehensive, long-term study exploring all aspects of health and wellbeing in colorectal cancer patients. The aim of this study is to establish the natural history of health and wellbeing in people who have been treated for colorectal cancer. People have different dispositions, supports and resources, likely resulting in individual differences in restoration of health and wellbeing. The protocol described in this paper is of a study which will identify who is most at risk of problems, assess how quickly people return to a state of subjective health and wellbeing, and will measure factors which influence the course of recovery. METHODS/DESIGN: This is a prospective, longitudinal cohort study following 1000 people with colorectal cancer over a period of two years, recruiting from 30 NHS cancer treatment centres across the UK. Questionnaires will be administered prior to surgery, and 3, 9, 15 and 24 months after surgery, with the potential to return to this cohort to explore on-going issues related to recovery after cancer. DISCUSSION: Outcomes will help inform health care providers about what helps or hinders rapid and effective recovery from cancer, and identify areas for intervention development to aid this process. Once established the cohort can be followed up for longer periods and be approached to participate in related projects as appropriate and subject to funding. BioMed Central 2012-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3382420/ /pubmed/22475242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-90 Text en Copyright ©2012 Fenlon et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Fenlon, Deborah
Richardson, Alison
Addington-Hall, Julia
Smith, Peter
Corner, Jessica
Winter, Jane
Foster, Claire
A cohort study of the recovery of health and wellbeing following colorectal cancer (CREW study): protocol paper
title A cohort study of the recovery of health and wellbeing following colorectal cancer (CREW study): protocol paper
title_full A cohort study of the recovery of health and wellbeing following colorectal cancer (CREW study): protocol paper
title_fullStr A cohort study of the recovery of health and wellbeing following colorectal cancer (CREW study): protocol paper
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title_short A cohort study of the recovery of health and wellbeing following colorectal cancer (CREW study): protocol paper
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3382420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22475242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-90
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