ArticleBMJ open2012
Enhanced involvement of general practitioners in cancer rehabilitation: a randomised controlled trial.
Article in BMJ open, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01021371 (The GP's Role in Cancer Rehabilitation), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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The GP's Role in Cancer Rehabilitation: a Randomised, Controlled Study.
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Continuity of Care Interventions Linking Hospital Care to Primary Healthcare for Patients With Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cancer medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Involving the general practitioner during curative cancer treatment: a systematic review of health care interventions.BMJ open · 2019Pooled it
- Systematic screening and assessment of psychosocial well-being and care needs of people with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of structured involvement of the primary care team versus standard care after a cancer diagnosis on patient satisfaction and healthcare use: the GRIP randomised controlled trial.BMC primary care · 2022Trial
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- General practitioners' involvement in inpatient medical rehabilitation in Germany: a scoping review.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Healthcare practices that increase the quality of care in cancer trajectories from a general practice perspective: a scoping review.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2022Article
- Cross-sectoral video consultations in cancer care: perspectives of cancer patients, oncologists and general practitioners.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- The Effectiveness of Shared Care in Cancer Survivors-A Systematic Review.International journal of integrated care · 2018Article
- Protein-protein interactions and genetic diseases: The interactome.Biochimica et biophysica acta · 2014Review
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- Do patients with long-term side effects of cancer treatment benefit from general practitioner support? A literature review.International journal of integrated careArticle
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo test the hypothesis that a multimodal intervention giving the general practitioner (GP) an enhanced role in cancer rehabilitation improves patients' health-related quality of life and psychological distress.
designCluster randomised controlled trial. All general practices in Denmark were randomised to an intervention group or to a control group. Patients were subsequently allocated to intervention or control (usual procedures) based on the randomisation status of their GP.
settingAll clinical departments at a public regional hospital treating cancer patients and all general practices in Denmark.
participantsAdult patients treated for incident cancer at Vejle Hospital, Denmark, between 12 May 2008 and 28 February 2009. A total of 955 patients (486 to the intervention group and 469 to the control group) registered with 323 general practices were included.
interventionThe intervention included an interview about rehabilitation needs with a rehabilitation coordinator at the regional hospital, information from the hospital to the GP about individual needs for rehabilitation and an encouragement of the GP to contact the patient to offer his support with rehabilitation.
main outcome measuresThe primary outcome was health-related quality of life measured 6 months after inclusion using the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30). Secondary outcomes included quality of life at 14 months and additional subscales of the EORTC QLQ-C30 at 6 and 14 months and psychological distress at 14 months using the Profile of Mood States Scale.
resultsNo effect of the intervention was observed on primary and/or secondary outcomes after 6 and 14 months.
conclusionA multimodal intervention aiming to give the GP an enhanced role in cancer patients' rehabilitation did not improve quality of life or psychological distress.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, registration ID number NCT01021371.
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