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Protocol for the RT Prepare Trial: a multiple-baseline study of radiation therapists delivering education and support to women with breast cancer who are referred for radiotherapy

INTRODUCTION: There is limited evidence to guide the preparation of patients for radiotherapy. This paper describes the protocol for an evaluation of a radiation therapist led education intervention delivered to patients with breast cancer in order to reduce psychological distress. METHODS: A multip...

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Autores principales: Halkett, Georgia, O'Connor, Moira, Aranda, Sanchia, Jefford, Michael, Spry, Nigel, Shaw, Therese, Moorin, Rachael, Schofield, Penelope
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Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4139661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25138815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006116
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author Halkett, Georgia
O'Connor, Moira
Aranda, Sanchia
Jefford, Michael
Spry, Nigel
Shaw, Therese
Moorin, Rachael
Schofield, Penelope
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O'Connor, Moira
Aranda, Sanchia
Jefford, Michael
Spry, Nigel
Shaw, Therese
Moorin, Rachael
Schofield, Penelope
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description INTRODUCTION: There is limited evidence to guide the preparation of patients for radiotherapy. This paper describes the protocol for an evaluation of a radiation therapist led education intervention delivered to patients with breast cancer in order to reduce psychological distress. METHODS: A multiple-baseline study is being used. Usual care data is being collected prior to the start of the intervention at each of three sites. The intervention is delivered by radiation therapists consulting with patients prior to their treatment planning and on the first day of treatment. The intervention focuses on providing sensory and procedural information to patients and reducing pretreatment anxiety. Recruitment is occurring in three states in Australia. Eligible participants are patients who have been referred for radiotherapy to treat breast cancer. 200 patients will be recruited during a usual care phase and, thereafter, 200 patients in the intervention phase. Measures will be collected on four occasions—after meeting with their radiation oncologist, prior to treatment planning, on the first day of treatment and after treatment completion. The primary hypothesis is that patients who receive the radiotherapy preparatory intervention will report a significantly greater decrease in psychological distress from baseline to prior to radiotherapy treatment planning in comparison with the usual care group. Secondary outcome measures include concerns about radiotherapy, patient knowledge of radiotherapy, patient preparedness and quality of life. Patient health system usage and costs will also be measured. Multilevel mixed effects regression models will be applied to test for intervention effects. ETHICS: Ethics approval has been gained from Curtin University and the three recruiting sites. DISSEMINATION: Results will be reported in international peer reviewed journals. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registration: ACTRN12611001000998.
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spelling pubmed-41396612014-08-25 Protocol for the RT Prepare Trial: a multiple-baseline study of radiation therapists delivering education and support to women with breast cancer who are referred for radiotherapy Halkett, Georgia O'Connor, Moira Aranda, Sanchia Jefford, Michael Spry, Nigel Shaw, Therese Moorin, Rachael Schofield, Penelope BMJ Open Oncology INTRODUCTION: There is limited evidence to guide the preparation of patients for radiotherapy. This paper describes the protocol for an evaluation of a radiation therapist led education intervention delivered to patients with breast cancer in order to reduce psychological distress. METHODS: A multiple-baseline study is being used. Usual care data is being collected prior to the start of the intervention at each of three sites. The intervention is delivered by radiation therapists consulting with patients prior to their treatment planning and on the first day of treatment. The intervention focuses on providing sensory and procedural information to patients and reducing pretreatment anxiety. Recruitment is occurring in three states in Australia. Eligible participants are patients who have been referred for radiotherapy to treat breast cancer. 200 patients will be recruited during a usual care phase and, thereafter, 200 patients in the intervention phase. Measures will be collected on four occasions—after meeting with their radiation oncologist, prior to treatment planning, on the first day of treatment and after treatment completion. The primary hypothesis is that patients who receive the radiotherapy preparatory intervention will report a significantly greater decrease in psychological distress from baseline to prior to radiotherapy treatment planning in comparison with the usual care group. Secondary outcome measures include concerns about radiotherapy, patient knowledge of radiotherapy, patient preparedness and quality of life. Patient health system usage and costs will also be measured. Multilevel mixed effects regression models will be applied to test for intervention effects. ETHICS: Ethics approval has been gained from Curtin University and the three recruiting sites. DISSEMINATION: Results will be reported in international peer reviewed journals. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registration: ACTRN12611001000998. BMJ Publishing Group 2014-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4139661/ /pubmed/25138815 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006116 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
spellingShingle Oncology
Halkett, Georgia
O'Connor, Moira
Aranda, Sanchia
Jefford, Michael
Spry, Nigel
Shaw, Therese
Moorin, Rachael
Schofield, Penelope
Protocol for the RT Prepare Trial: a multiple-baseline study of radiation therapists delivering education and support to women with breast cancer who are referred for radiotherapy
title Protocol for the RT Prepare Trial: a multiple-baseline study of radiation therapists delivering education and support to women with breast cancer who are referred for radiotherapy
title_full Protocol for the RT Prepare Trial: a multiple-baseline study of radiation therapists delivering education and support to women with breast cancer who are referred for radiotherapy
title_fullStr Protocol for the RT Prepare Trial: a multiple-baseline study of radiation therapists delivering education and support to women with breast cancer who are referred for radiotherapy
title_full_unstemmed Protocol for the RT Prepare Trial: a multiple-baseline study of radiation therapists delivering education and support to women with breast cancer who are referred for radiotherapy
title_short Protocol for the RT Prepare Trial: a multiple-baseline study of radiation therapists delivering education and support to women with breast cancer who are referred for radiotherapy
title_sort protocol for the rt prepare trial: a multiple-baseline study of radiation therapists delivering education and support to women with breast cancer who are referred for radiotherapy
topic Oncology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4139661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25138815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006116
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