Oncologists' Thoughts and Expectations Regarding Their Patients. An Online Survey
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Enrollment
- 500
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- What are the most and least important factors the oncologists usually consider when they build their management plan?
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Our study is a questionnaire targeting the medical staff in Oncology. It aims at exploring the thoughts and expectations of the medical staff in Oncology regarding their patients management and prognosis worldwide. It also investigates the factors that affect these thoughts and expectations and their effects.
Detailed Description
Oncology patients need to trust the medical staff dealing with them. They are expecting knowledge, well communication, competence .. etc. This Questionnaire is for research purpose aiming at exploring the thoughts and expectations of the medical staff in Oncology regarding their patients management and prognosis worldwide. It investigates the factors that affect these thoughts and expectations and their effects. The results of this survey will shed the light on the oncologists' side of their relationship with their patients, which is often ignored or down played.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Other
- Time Perspective
- Cross Sectional
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Medical/Clinical/Radiation Oncology Physicians
- •Surgical Oncology Physicians
- •Oncology nurses
Exclusion Criteria
- •Medical staff not related to oncology field
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
What are the most and least important factors the oncologists usually consider when they build their management plan?
Time Frame: Two months
We would like to know the factors that the oncologists usually consider for a patient's management plan. This will be done via a questionnaire.
Secondary Outcomes
- How satisfied do oncologists think most patients are during their management.(Two months)
- How often are Oncology patients open to their case being discussed in multidisciplinary clinics or being referred to psychiatrists/Nutritionists/palliative care/hospice?(Two months)
- How often do oncologists inform patients of the detailed management plan? and Why?(Two months)
Investigators
Riham H. AbdelAziz
Clinical Oncology Lecturer and consultant
Cairo University