Routine assessment versus standard care in managing social difficulties in routine oncology practice

INTERVENTION: Social Difficulties Inventory (SDI‐21) Assessment: A formal assessment of the presence and severity of social difficulties, using the SDI‐21 administered by a trained nurse. Follow up length: 3 months, study entry : registration and one or more randomisations CONDITION: Topic: National Cancer Research Network; Subtopic: All Cancers/Misc Sites; Disease: All ; Cancer ; Cancer PRIMARY OUTCOME: CARES‐SF: Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System ? Short Form; Timepoints: Baseline and end of study SECONDARY OUTCOME: HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; Timepoints: Baseline and end of study INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Be able to read and understand English 2. Have the capacity to give informed consent and complete the questionnaires and touch‐screen assessment 3. Not have participated in the initial pilot study, assessing the role of information provision versus standard care 4. Not be participating in any other psychosocial studies 5. Be on active treatment having completed at least 1 cycle of chemotherapy and commenced radiotherapy 6. Bbe planning to continue treatment and attend the hospital for a minimum of two consecutive on‐treatment review appointments and a minimum of one post‐treatment follow‐up appointment 7. Gender: Male and female 8. Lower Age Limit 18, no age limit specified