Patient Education Videos to Improve Patients' Experience During Radiotherapy Treatment: a National Project
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 25
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Patient questionnaire on radiotherapy-related anxiety
研究概览
简要总结
Patients often base their information on the experiences of other patients or on information they find on the internet. This information is in many cases incorrect, outdated or not applying to the patient's situation. This leads to misconceptions or inappropriate anxiety. During the intake consultation at the radiotherapy department, doctors, nurses and RTTs provide accurate and patient-specific information, but it can be overwhelming and it is known that only part of this information is remembered. Moreover, it remains difficult for a patient to imagine how the treatment will proceed.
The combination of verbal information, supplemented with video material, seems to be the ideal way to convey information. After all, a video can be viewed again afterwards, possibly together with loved ones, or can be shown in advance in preparation of the consultation. In Belgium, the existence of patient education videos about radiotherapy is very limited. Making these kinds of videos is expensive and time consuming. For that reason, BeSTRO (Belgian Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology) started a project to make videos for patients that can be used nationally by all radiotherapy centers. The project is sponsored by Foundation against Cancer.
详细描述
A first video illustrating the general radiotherapy process is already available. This video will be used as a 'test video' to be shown to patients undergoing radiotherapy in one of the 4 participating centers. Questionnaires will evaluate the quality and the impact of the video and will assess the need for additional information. Moreover, 25 patients will be invited to participate in 5 focus groups, each focus group concentrating on one of the 5 most frequent tumor groups (breast tumors, lung tumors, head and neck tumors, urological tumors and gastro-intestinal tumors). The information gathered from the questionnaires and focus groups will be used to determine the content and format of the next videos. In total, about 10 videos on specific parts of the radiotherapy process will be produced.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •diagnosis of cancer,
- •age ≥ 18 years,
- •undergoing radiotherapy as part of their treatment
排除标准
- •history of previous radiation treatment
结局指标
主要结局
Patient questionnaire on radiotherapy-related anxiety
时间窗: Trough study completion, an average of 1 year
We will evaluate the patients' treatment-related-anxiety by providing additional information (by means of an educational video). The outcome measurement will be the personal opinion of the patient about his/her anxiety (less fear - equal fear - more fear).
Questionaire to increase knowledge of radiotherapy
时间窗: Trough study completion, an average of 1 year
We will evaluate the patients' knowledge about radiotherapy using a questionnaire and various focus groups.The outcome measurement will be the personal opinion of the patient about his/her knowledge about radiotherapy (I feel more educated - the video has no value).
次要结局
未报告次要终点