The Symptom Navi© Program is a program to support symptom self-management of 16 core
symptoms frequently experienced by patients in outpatient oncology units.The current
study aims to pilot test the implementation of the Symptom Navi© Program under real-life
conditions by evaluating procedures, testing preliminary effectiveness and assessing
potential unintended effects using a cluster-randomised waitlist design complemented by
qualitative methods.

Implementation of the Symptom Navi© Program

Cancer

Patients treated in cancer outpatient settings in Switzerland have high unmet care needs,
especially in the domain of self-management of symptoms. The Symptom Navi© Program was
developed to support symptom self-management of 16 core symptoms frequently experienced
by patients in outpatient oncology units. The acceptability and feasibility of the
Symptom Navi© Program was supported by a qualitative study with 10 cancer patients who
received semi-structured patient consultations and subsequently used the Symptom Navi©
Flyers at home.

The overall objective of the current study is to pilot test the implementation of the
Symptom Navi© Program under real-life conditions. The aims are to evaluate procedures, to
test preliminary effectiveness and to assess potential unintended effects using a
cluster-randomised waitlist design complemented by qualitative methods. The unit of
randomization are the participating cancer outpatient centres with each centre
representing a cluster. Intervention cluster will provide the Symptom Navi© Program,
control clusters will provide usual care for symptom-management.

Symptom Navi© Program

Implementation of the Symptom Navi© Program for Cancer Patients in Ambulatory Services: A Cluster-randomized Pilot Study (Symptom Navi© Pilot Study)

Symptom interference with daily function in the affective and activity subdimension
scores of the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI)

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Self-efficacy assessed by the Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease (SES6G)

Symptom severity assesssed by the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI)

Quality of nursing care assessed by the Patient-Reported Chemotherapy Indicators of
Symptoms and Experiences (PR-CISE)

Nurses provide two semi-structured consultation to facilitate basic symptom
self-management of patients based in the Symptom Navi© Flyers

Standard care including information about treatment, potential side effects and expected
symptoms under treatment with or without additional written material following the
established procedure at the centre.

Implementation of the Symptom Navi© Program

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