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| Somerset NHS Foundation Trust | OTHER |
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A consensus study using nominal group technique is planned to develop recommendations for a comfort intervention package for radiotherapy with patients and therapeutic radiographers. This includes completed work from a systematic literature review (Prospero 59688) of comfort interventions applicable to radiotherapy and qualitative interviews (NCT03984435) with patients and therapeutic radiographers exploring comfort management in radiotherapy.
Study Design
The aim of this study is to develop a radiotherapy comfort intervention package with patients and therapeutic radiographers.
The objectives are to:
Objective 1 - Identify and prioritise intervention components for inclusion in recommendations for a radiotherapy comfort intervention package.
Objective 2 - Determine the feasibility of delivering the component of the radiotherapy comfort intervention package.
Modified nominal group technique (NGT) will employed to develop recommendations for a comfort intervention package in radiotherapy in a consensus study with patients and therapeutic radiographers. This study follows earlier phases of the COMFORT study which included a systematic literature review of comfort interventions applicable to radiotherapy and qualitative interviews exploring comfort management in radiotherapy.
Study Participants
Patients
The inclusion criteria are: 1) diagnosed with a malignancy; 2) aged over 18 years owing to different treatment options for children and young adults; 3) recently referred for radiotherapy, currently receiving treatment or had had radiotherapy within the previous 3 months; 4) treatment delivery time exceeding 10 minutes (the time the patient is immobilised on the radiotherapy couch).
Therapeutic radiographers
The inclusion criteria are: 1) practicing radiographers; 2) administering radiotherapy with treatment delivery times exceeding 10 minutes per radiotherapy treatment session (the time the patient is immobilised on the radiotherapy couch).
The consensus study will be conducted by video conference.
Planned Size of Sample (if applicable)
6-12 participants (4-9 Patients and 2-3 Therapeutic radiographers)
Follow up duration (if applicable)
Follow up is not planned.
Planned Study Period
6 months
Research Question/Aim(s)
The aim of this study is to develop recommendations for a radiotherapy comfort intervention with patients and therapeutic radiographers.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Patients who have received radiotherapy | This is a consensus study with no interventions Patients who previously participated in COMFORT study interviews (NCT03984435) |
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| Therapeutic radiographers who deliver radiotherapy | This is a consensus study with no interventions Therapeutic radiographers who previously participated in COMFORT study interviews (NCT03984435) |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| None - this is a consensus group study to develop an intervention | Other | None - this is a consensus group study to develop an intervention |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Prioritisation of comfort interventions applicable to radiotherapy | Consensus among patients and therapeutic radiographers using nominal group technique to achieve priority of comfort interventions | 1 month |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Patients and therapeutic radiographers who previously participated in COMFORT study interviews
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients and therapeutic radiographers who did not participate in COMFORT study interviews
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Aiming to recruit between three main anatomical regions: head and neck, thorax and pelvis.
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Simon Goldsworthy, MSc | Contact | 01823344250 | simon.goldsworthy@somersetft.nhs.uk | |
| Tamlyn Russel, BSc | Contact | 01823343369 | tamlyn.russel@somersetft.nhs.uk |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Simon Goldsworthy, MSc | Somerset NHS Foundation Trust | Principal Investigator |
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| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 32245711 | Background | Goldsworthy S, Palmer S, Latour JM, McNair H, Cramp M. A systematic review of effectiveness of interventions applicable to radiotherapy that are administered to improve patient comfort, increase patient compliance, and reduce patient distress or anxiety. Radiography (Lond). 2020 Nov;26(4):314-324. doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2020.03.002. Epub 2020 Mar 31. |
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The data will be the property of the Chief Investigator at the University of the West of England who is the data controller. Other researchers can request access to study data via the University of the West of England
After the study completion for 10 years
The data will be the property of the Chief Investigator at the University of the West of England who is the data controller.
A full data management plan can be found in the UWE research repository at the following URL:
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| ID | Term |
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| D009369 | Neoplasms |
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