Focus Group Interview Study on Patient Experiences and Satisfaction

Not Applicable

Withdrawn

• Conditions: Patient Satisfaction; Patient Preference
• Interventions: Other: Focus group interview

• Registration Number: NCT04625842
• Lead Sponsor: Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

Brief Summary

In order to improve quality of care at the department, the investigators will perform a focus group interview study with patients and family members. They will perform 6 (3 in the French, and 3 in the Dutch language) focus group interviews with patients and 6 (3 in the French, and 3 in the Dutch language) with family members.

Detailed Description

In order to improve quality of care at the department, the investigators will perform a focus group interview study with patients and family members. They will perform 6 (3 in the French, and 3 in the Dutch language) focus group interviews with patients and 6 (3 in the French, and 3 in the Dutch language) with family members. Following research questions will be answered:

* What elements of care (ie infrastructure, interpersonal contact, information, communication) are good to the opinion of patients and family members?

* What elements of care can be improved?

* What are priorities in improvement of the care for patients and families?

* What actions could possibly be taken in order to improve the care for future patients?

Because the radiotherapy ward exists of 3 clusters, one per type of treatment conducted, the investigators will perform 6 focus group interviews with patients (3 in the French, and 3 in the Dutch language) and 6 focus group interviews with family members (3 in the French, and 3 in the Dutch language).

Investigators will collect sex, main diagnosis (of patients), age and nationality of all participants at the beginning of each focus group interview. They will transcribe all interviews verbatim and analyze them in Nvivo software as provided by the VUB. Participant characteristics will be analyzed by descriptive statistics.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-03-05
• Study Start: 2020-09-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-11-06
• Study First Posted: 2020-11-12
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-01
• Study Completion: 2021-12-01
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-24
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patient focus group	Focus group interview	Patients who received radiation treatment
Family focus group	Focus group interview	Family of patients who received radiation treatment

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Problem solving	immediately after treatment	To identify solutions for problems in care by using open ended interview questions and interaction between different participants
Quality of care	immediately after treatment	To identify elements of care that need improvement by using open ended interview questions and interaction between different participants

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UZ Brussel; 🇧🇪 Brussel, Belgium