Modernizing Instructions to Improve Treatment Participation of Subjects During Their First Radiotherapy

Modernizing Instructions to Improve Treatment Participation of Subjects During Their First Radiotherapy

Daily patient participation is critical to the successful, life-saving delivery of radiotherapy. There is very little in the literature describing the best way to prepare patients to give optimal participation. This study aims to look at an already-prepared conversion of patient instruction materials and measure whether the improvement in clarity and specificity produces the desired changes in patient decision-making and emotional comfort.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients ≥ 18 years old planning their first external beam radiotherapy
• Written informed consent obtained from the subject and the subject agrees to comply with all the study-related procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Have received external beam radiotherapy in the past
• External beam radiotherapy is initiated as inpatient.
• External beam radiotherapy consists of less than 3 fractions.
• Planned radiotherapy that does not employ an external beam
• Planned participation in a clinical study that prohibits participation in a second, concurrent treatment trial
• Prisoners or subjects who are involuntarily incarcerated, or subjects who are compulsorily detained for treatment of either a psychiatric or physical illness.