Activating Relatives to Get Involved in Care After Surgery: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study

Selma C W Musters   ¹ , RN, BSc, MSc ;   Sani Kreca   ¹ , RN, BSc ;   Susan van Dieren   ¹ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Hanneke van der Wal-Huisman   ² , RN, BSc, MSc ;   Johannes A Romijn   ³ , BSc, MSc, MD, PhD ;   Wendy Chaboyer   ⁴ , RN, BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Els J M Nieveen van Dijkum   ⁵ , BSc, MSc, MD, PhD ;   Anne M Eskes   ^{1, 4} , RN, BSc, MSc, PhD ;   ARTIS Consortium   ⁶

¹ Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Cancer Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

² Department of Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

³ Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁴ Menzies Health Institute Queensland and School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

⁵ Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism and Cancer Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam,, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁶ See Acknowledgements, Groningen, Netherlands