Short summary

We developed a nurse- and surgeon-oriented intervention on PROMs, including a non-controlled feasibility evaluation. The feasibility evaluation includes qualitative ethnographic studies exploring the user perspectives of patients, nurses, and surgeons, and quantitative studies to explore the characteristics of the patient population regarding demographic background, response rates, and response patterns.

Rationale

The use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in clinical practice has the potential to promote person-centred care and improve patients' health-related quality of life. We aimed to develop an intervention centred around electronic PROMs (ePROMs) for systematic follow-up in patients diagnosed with breast cancer and to evaluate its feasibility.

Description of the cohort

Participants are women newly diagnosed breast cancer and treated with curative surgical therapy to remove breast cancer. Participants are included from the outpatient clinic at Department of Plastic & Breast Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Denmark.

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Collaborating researchers and departments

Research Support Unit, Zealand University Hospital and Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark

• Professor, RN, MScN, PhD
• Bibi Hølge-Hazelton

Department of Oncology, Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital and Department of Public Health, Aarhus University

• Associate Professor, RN, MhScN, PhD
• Karin Piil

Department of Plastic and Breast Surgery, Zealand University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen

• Clinical Associate Professor, PhD, MD
• Lone Bak Hansen

Department of Plastic and Breast Surgery, Zealand University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen

• Associate Professor, PhD, MD
• Volker J. Schmidt

Odense University Hospital and Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark

• Biostatistician, PhD
• Anna Mejdahl

Department of Plastic and Breast Surgery, Zealand University Hospital

• Research Assistant, RN, MAEP
• Julie Hougaard Prüsse