Study characteristics |
Methods |
RCT |
Participants |
91 |
Interventions |
Counselling provided by the general practitioner to "let the patient tell about experiences as a cancer patient, and to tell the patient explicitly that she or he would be welcome to contact the GP [with any related questions]" |
Outcomes |
EORTC QLQ‐30 and a satisfaction questionnaire |
Theoretical Basis |
Counselling |
Cancer Site |
All cancer sites |
Mode of Delivery |
Face‐to‐face |
Notes |
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Risk of bias |
Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Low risk |
Random number table |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Low risk |
Concealed random number allocation |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Unclear risk |
Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’. |
Other bias |
Unclear risk |
Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’. |