Trial reportPalliative medicine2018
The 'Cancer Home-Life Intervention': A randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of an occupational therapy-based intervention in people with advanced cancer.
Trial report in Palliative medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02356627 (The Cancer Home Life Intervention Study Protocol), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Cancer Home Life Intervention Study Protocol: Effectiveness on Everyday Activities and Quality of Life in People With Advanced Cancer Living at Home. A Randomised, Controlled Multicentre Trial and a Health Economic Evaluation
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Non-pharmacological interventions targeting mobility among people with advanced cancer: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Pooled it
- Home-based supportive care in advanced cancer: systematic review.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2024Pooled it
- Promising results of a resource- and activity-oriented intervention integrating rehabilitation into palliative care in people with advanced cancer: A feasibility study testing outcome measures.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Trial
- Assistive devices among people living at home with advanced cancer: Use, non-use and who have unmet needs for assistive devices?European journal of cancer care · 2022Trial
- Everyday activity strategies perceived by people with advanced cancer: a qualitative explorative study.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- What Evidence Exists to Support Palliative Allied Health Practice in Aged Care: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Evidence-Based Nonpharmacological Symptom Management of Palliative Care in Advanced and Metastatic Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review.Florence Nightingale journal of nursing · 2024Article
- SupporTive Care At Home Research (STAHR) for patients with advanced cancer: Protocol for a cluster non-randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2024Article
- A resource-oriented intervention addressing balance in everyday activities and quality of life in people with advanced cancer: protocol for a feasibility study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2022Article
- Occupations creating joy for people living with advanced cancer: A qualitative descriptive study.The British journal of occupational therapy · 2022Article
- Feasibility of ABLE 1.0-a program aiming at enhancing the ability to perform activities of daily living in persons with chronic conditions.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundPeople with advanced cancer face difficulties with their everyday activities at home that may reduce their health-related quality of life. To address these difficulties, we developed the 'Cancer Home-Life Intervention'.
aimTo evaluate the efficacy of the 'Cancer Home Life-Intervention' compared with usual care with regard to patients' performance of, and participation in, everyday activities, and their health-related quality of life. DESIGN AND
interventionA randomised controlled trial ( ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02356627). The 'Cancer Home-Life Intervention' is a brief, tailored, occupational therapy-based and adaptive programme for people with advanced cancer targeting the performance of their prioritised everyday activities. SETTING/
participantsHome-living adults diagnosed with advanced cancer experiencing functional limitations were recruited from two Danish hospitals. They were assessed at baseline, and at 6 and 12 weeks of follow-up. The primary outcome was activities of daily living motor ability. Secondary outcomes were activities of daily living process ability, difficulty performing prioritised everyday activities, participation restrictions and health-related quality of life.
resultsA total of 242 participants were randomised either to the intervention group ( n = 121) or the control group ( n = 121). No effect was found on the primary outcome (between-group mean change: -0.04 logits (95% confidence interval: -0.23 to 0.15); p = 0.69). Nor was any effect on the secondary outcomes observed.
conclusionIn most cases, the 'Cancer Home-Life Intervention' was delivered through only one home visit and one follow-up telephone contact, which not was effective in maintaining or improving participants' everyday activities and health-related quality of life. Future research should pay even more attention to intervention development and feasibility testing.
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