title: Nurse-Led Telephone Follow-up: Improving Options for Women With Endometrial Cancer.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nurse-led follow-up (NLFU) has been identified as a suitable means of follow-up care in cancer patients, and its acceptability has already been demonstrated in other areas of cancer care.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of NLFU on quality of life and patient satisfaction compared with conventional follow-up (CFU) in women treated for endometrial cancer and to evaluate the feasibility of NLFU, in terms of patient acceptance and referral to consultant clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants included women diagnosed with endometrial cancer between 2008 and 2013. At time of study, 118 women were receiving NLFU, and 178 women were receiving CFU. Quality of life and patient satisfaction were evaluated through the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire and the In-patient Satisfaction With Care Measure questionnaires. Feasibility of NLFU was retrospectively assessed through patient's records.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-eight women in NLFU and 112 women in CFU completed the questionnaires. Quality-of-life outcomes and satisfaction levels did not differ between both forms of follow-up. Almost all women in NLFU (98%) found NLFU an acceptable alternative to CFU.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Women receiving NLFU reported similar quality of life and satisfaction with care as did women in CFU, making it a promising alternative for follow-up care of women with endometrial cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Options are improved for women with endometrial cancer by offering alternative follow-up strategies within the national healthcare.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, England (Drs Smits, Lopes, Das, and Galaal and Mss Kent and McCullough); Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (Dr Bekkers).
authors.forename: Anke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smits
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Nagindra
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Ruud
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bekkers
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kent
authors.forename: Zoe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: McCullough
authors.forename: Khadra
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Galaal
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare / Q000379:methods*; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009426:Netherlands; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013689:Telephone