178
Participants
Start Date
May 8, 2019
Primary Completion Date
July 25, 2021
Study Completion Date
June 10, 2022
Geriatric assessment with management
"A multicomponent intervention, carried out in cooperation between hospital and community services, based on a geriatric assessment (GA) followed by individually adapted measures targeting identified needs.~The GA and the start of the intervention will be handled by a PhD student (geriatrician) or project cancer nurse at start of RT. Pre-planned guidelines will be followed. Contribution from relevant hospital professionals will be sought according to needs. Then the intervention will be offered in the primary health care taking advantage of existing services, e.g. home care, rehabilitation services, exercise groups etc. A community-based coordinating nurse will follow the patients with weekly contacts throughout RT and to end of intervention 8 weeks post-RT. To ensure that each patient's intervention is properly adjusted to changing needs, repeated clinical assessments will be performed by the end of RT and 4 weeks post-RT."
Innlandet Hospital Trust, Gjøvik
St Olav Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim
Trondheim University Hospital
OTHER
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
OTHER
Trondheim Kommune
OTHER
Oslo University Hospital
OTHER
University of Oslo
OTHER
Oslo Metropolitan University
OTHER
Sykehuset Innlandet HF
OTHER