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Trial reportSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2013

Nurse-led follow-up care for head and neck cancer patients: a quasi-experimental prospective trial.

Jacqueline de Leeuw, Judith B Prins, Steven Teerenstra, Matthias A W Merkx, Henri A M Marres, Theo van Achterberg

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Trial report in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01167179 (Nurse-led Follow-up Care for Head and Neck Cancer Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT01167179 nacompletednot on this map

Nurse-led Follow-up Care for Head and Neck Cancer Patients: a Quasi-experimental Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorRadboud University Medical CenterRan2008 to 2012Enrolled160ConditionsHead and Neck CancerArmsnurse-led consultation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Nurse-led oral and maxillofacial oncology clinics: a review.The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery · 2021
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  7. The ENHANCES study: a randomised controlled trial of a nurse-led survivorship intervention for patients treated for head and neck cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019
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  9. Patient perspectives on nurse-led follow-up calls after head and neck surgery.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  10. An exploration of nursing and Allied Health Professional (AHP)-led post-treatment surveillance and survivorship care for people with head and neck cancer-a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  18. Nurse-led follow-up care for cancer patients: what is known and what is needed.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jacqueline de LeeuwDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. J.deLeeuw@kno.umcn.nl
Judith B Prins
Steven Teerenstra
Matthias A W Merkx
Henri A M Marres
Theo van Achterberg

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to compare conventional medical follow-up with follow-up containing additional nursing consultations regarding the psychosocial adjustment and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of head and neck cancer patients.

methodsUsing a quasi-experimental design, patients were enrolled consecutively into two groups. Experimental care covered six 30-min bimonthly nursing follow-up consultations during the first year posttreatment. Data were collected at posttreatment months 1 (baseline), 6, and 12 for both groups.

resultsThe intervention group was significantly worse at baseline, based on two of the seven adjustment scales and on the majority of HRQOL scales. However, their outcome at 6 and 12 months was consistent with that of the group which received conventional follow-up. Thus, the intervention group had a larger improvement in scores, and this was significant for one of the seven adjustment scales and 19 of the 33 HRQOL scales at 6 and 12 months, respectively. Most of the differences in HRQOL scales were clinically relevant at 6 months.

conclusionThese results suggest that nurse-led consultations for patients with head and neck cancer have a positive effect, primarily with respect to HRQOL. Nurse-led follow-up leads to a similar psychosocial adjustment as conventional follow-up, even among patients who showed worse performance at the start of follow-up. Thus, nurse-led follow-up may be a cost-effective way to improve follow-up care for this patient group.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalQuality of LifeAdultAgedAged, 80 and overContinuity of Patient CareFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMaleMiddle AgedNetherlandsNurse-Patient RelationsOncology NursingPatient SatisfactionPilot Projects

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