MELACARE Nurse-led follow-up after early-stage melanoma: protocol and feasibility.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

We developed the Melacare nurse-led intervention, which combines education in skin self-examination as a resource-conscious approach to detecting recurrence and management of fear of cancer recurrence in patients treated for melanoma. This publication presents the Melacare study protocol and evaluates the feasibility and acceptability of Melacare prior to a larger randomised controlled trial.

Material and methods

Feasibility and acceptability of Melacare were evaluated in an intervention-only feasibility study, in which patients attended two nurse-led intervention sessions coupled with an educational booklet. Participants completed patient-reported outcome (PRO) questionnaires at baseline and before each session. After the intervention, participants co

SUBMITTER: Hansen SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11609874 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature