Pilot testing of a decision aid for nutrition support in paediatric oncology.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Malnutrition in paediatric oncology; Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders; Cancer - Any cancer

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615001082594
• Lead Sponsor: Behavioural Sciences Unit, Sydney Children's Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-10-14
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Parent/carers and clinicians of children who
a) have been diagnosed with cancer or a haematological condition at the Kids Cancer Centre at Sydney Children's Hospital; and
b) have had to consider nutrition support in the past five years.

Exclusion Criteria

Inadequate English language skills

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acceptability of the booklet to parents. This was assessed with a seven-item questionnaire designed specifically for this study, based on previous decision aid pilot studies conducted by our team. We assessed overall satisfaction with the booklet, acceptability of length, acceptability of amount of information, balance in how the options were presented and emotional impact.[Immediately after reading decision aid];Acceptability of the development, content and format of the booklet to clinicians. This was assessed with the questionnaire used in 'Graham, I. D., Logan, J., Bennett, C. L., Presseau, J., O'Connor, A. M., Mitchell, S. L., . . . Aaron, S. D. (2007). Physicians' intentions and use of three patient decision aids. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak, 7, 20. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-7-2'[Immediately after reading decision aid]