Radiation Exposure Awareness From Patients Undergoing Nuclear Medicine Diagnostic Scans

NCT03458585 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: CCR 4835
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This questionnaire is aimed at finding out if patients understand how much radiation they are being exposed to when they have a bone scan (99mTc-MDP)or an FDG PET/CT scan (18F-FDG PET/CT). This questionnaire is also interested in understanding if patients consider current leaflet information sent with appointment letter as sufficient to understand what the radiation dose from that scan is. By collecting information on how much patients are aware and understand about radiation exposure, we can use this information to develop better guidance for medical staff who advise patients as well as clearer information leaflets for patients to assist in their understanding.

Conditions

Skeletal Scintigraphy; FDG PET/CT

Keywords

ionising radiation; patient awareness; patient knowledge

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Self-reported knowledge of patients undergoing bone scan or FDG PET/CT

  Self-administered questionnaire will be used to collect information on patient knowledge regarding exposure to ionising radiation when having the nuclear medicine scans such as bone scan or FDG PET/CT

  9 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Qualitative assessment on current leaflets for bone scans and FDG PET/CT scans

  9 months

• Demographic correlations with self-reported knowledge

  9 months

Study Arms (2)

Group 1: patients attending for a 99mTc-MDP bone scan.

Group 1: Patients will be approached after they had their injection for the bone scan procedure. Completion of questionnaire will take place during the three hour uptake period, before they have the scan.

Other: Self-administered questionnaire

Group 2: patients attending for a 18F- FDG PET/CT scan.

Group 2: Patients will be approached and consented after they had their injection and scan for 18F- FDG PET/CT. Completion of questionnaire will take place immediately after patients have changed and wait to leave the department, while they wait for their scan to be checked .

Other: Self-administered questionnaire

Interventions

Self-administered questionnaire OTHER

Self-administered questionnaire

Group 1: patients attending for a 99mTc-MDP bone scan.; Group 2: patients attending for a 18F- FDG PET/CT scan.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Group 1: patients attending 99mTc-MDP bone scans. Group 2: patients attending 18F- FDG PET/CT scans.

You may qualify if:

• Over the age of 18
• Group 1: undergoing a diagnostic bone scan within the Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Department at The Royal Marsden Hospital
• Group 2: undergoing a diagnostic 18F- FDG PET/CT within the Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Department at The Royal Marsden Hospital.

You may not qualify if:

• Previous participation in one group; (participants can only take part in one of the group questionnaires once).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust: lead
• City, University of London: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust Foundation

Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5PT, United Kingdom

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 20, 2018
• First Posted: March 8, 2018
• Study Start: February 26, 2018
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2018
• Study Completion: December 31, 2018
• Last Updated: June 29, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-03

Locations

GB (1)