| Methods |
Cohort
Prospective
Longidudinal. |
| Participants |
104 patients recruited patients from a randomised psychosocial intervention study of the effects of home visits by a healthcare professional on the QoL of colorectal cancer patients. 40 APE, 64 AR. Patients followed for 2 years. Denmark |
| Interventions |
Quality of life assessment with EORTC‐C30/CR38. |
| Outcomes |
Quality of life. |
| Notes |
Evidence level: 2B.
Not stated:
Tumour and anastomotic distance fro anal verge; pouch. |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
High risk |
Longitudinal, prospective cohort study. Patient recruited from a randomised psychosocial intervention study. Patients who had undergone surgery and meet predefined inclusion criteria were invited to participate. Not all eligible patients accepted to participate. |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
Anterior resection or abdominoperineal resection |
High risk |
Blinding not possible due to surgical therapy. |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
Quality of life |
High risk |
Not all patients completed the questionnaire at all times. |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
High risk |
Data not presented. Data commented in paper. |
