Young 2010.

Methods	Prospective non‐randomised controlled study – first an intervention group (IG), sequentially a usual care control group (UCG)
Participants	Adult colorectal cancer patients that had undergone surgery Country: Australia Age: IG: mean 66.9 years; CG: mean 64.5 years Sex: IG: 40% female; CG: 50% female. P = 0.4 Inclusion criteria: age ≥ 18 years underwent surgery in the hospital for colorectal cancer admitted to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney between 25 July and 21 December 2006 Exclusion criteria discharged to another hospital died during admission cognitively impaired and not able to give informed consent or complete questionnaires N recruited: n = 41; IG: n = 20; CG: n = 21 N in analysis: n = 41; IG: n = 20; CG: n = 21
Interventions	Content of screen:CARE NEEDS: Checklist with 6 areas of potential need (general health, wound, bowel function, investigations/appointments, psychosocial and information needs) Screenings interventionist: Intervention nurse to conduct the telephone screening Intervention procedure:SI with co‐intervention to use screening results: 5 calls in 6 months following participant’s discharge, on days 3 and 10 and at 1, 3, and 6 months. At each time point the nurse makes inquiries regarding each aspect of need on checklist. If a need is identified, nurse provides information, checks understanding, and provides emotional support and advice. The participant is directed back to the clinical team if further clinical advice or referral is warranted Conditions for implementation training for nurse that conducts the screening availability of a nurse to conduct all screening calls Comparative condition: CG: usual care: CG recruited in month 4 to 6 of the study, receiving usual care following discharge from hospital Length of follow‐up: 6 months
Outcomes	Primary outcomes number of completed and refused calls at each time point, duration of calls, needs identified, and data on action taken proportion of consent, characteristics of participants and those who declined participants’ views of the content, and timing of the intervention unmet supportive care needs Secondary outcomes: / Outcome time points: 1 month; 3 months
Notes	For bias judgement on NRCTs, see Table 3; Table 4; Table 9.