Patient Education Videos to Improve Patients' Experience During Radiotherapy Treatment: a National Project

NCT06152419 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: ONZ-2022-0579
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 25
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Patients often base their information on the experiences of other patients or on information they find on the internet. This information is in many cases incorrect, outdated or not applying to the patient's situation. This leads to misconceptions or inappropriate anxiety. During the intake consultation at the radiotherapy department, doctors, nurses and RTTs provide accurate and patient-specific information, but it can be overwhelming and it is known that only part of this information is remembered. Moreover, it remains difficult for a patient to imagine how the treatment will proceed. The combination of verbal information, supplemented with video material, seems to be the ideal way to convey information. After all, a video can be viewed again afterwards, possibly together with loved ones, or can be shown in advance in preparation of the consultation. In Belgium, the existence of patient education videos about radiotherapy is very limited. Making these kinds of videos is expensive and time consuming. For that reason, BeSTRO (Belgian Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology) started a project to make videos for patients that can be used nationally by all radiotherapy centers. The project is sponsored by Foundation against Cancer.

Conditions

Cancer, Breast; Cancer, Lung; Cancer Prostate; Cancer Head Neck; Cancer, Gastrointestinal

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Questionaire to increase knowledge of radiotherapy

  We will evaluate the patients' knowledge about radiotherapy using a questionnaire and various focus groups.The outcome measurement will be the personal opinion of the patient about his/her knowledge about radiotherapy (I feel more educated - the video has no value).

  Trough study completion, an average of 1 year

• Patient questionnaire on radiotherapy-related anxiety

  We will evaluate the patients' treatment-related-anxiety by providing additional information (by means of an educational video). The outcome measurement will be the personal opinion of the patient about his/her anxiety (less fear - equal fear - more fear).

  Trough study completion, an average of 1 year

Study Arms (1)

Interrogated patients

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients will be asked to complete questionnaires to evaluate the quality and the impact of the video and to assess the need for additional information. Patients will be recruited at the first consultation at the radiotherapy department or at one of the first radiotherapy sessions. In addition, focus groups will be organised to assess whether this video meets the patients' needs.

Device: Questionnaire

Interventions

Questionnaire DEVICE

Patients will be asked to complete questionnaires to evaluate the quality and the impact of the video and to assess the need for additional information.

Interrogated patients

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• diagnosis of cancer,
• age ≥ 18 years,
• undergoing radiotherapy as part of their treatment

You may not qualify if:

• \- history of previous radiation treatment

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Ghent: lead
• Stichting tegen Kanker: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Universitary Hospital

Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, 9000, Belgium

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms; Prostatic Neoplasms; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Breast Diseases; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Genital Neoplasms, Male; Urogenital Neoplasms; Genital Diseases, Male; Genital Diseases; Urogenital Diseases; Prostatic Diseases; Male Urogenital Diseases; Digestive System Neoplasms; Digestive System Diseases; Gastrointestinal Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Central Study Contacts

Liv Veldeman, prof. dr.

CONTACT

09 332 30 15; liv.veldeman@uzgent.be

Renée De Noyette

CONTACT

0470209936; Renee.DeNoyette@UGent.be

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: A first video illustrating the general radiotherapy process was created with voice-over in Dutch and French. The video will be shown to 125 patients undergoing radiotherapy in 3 Flemish and 2 Walloon radiotherapy departments. Patients will be asked to complete questionnaires to evaluate the quality and the impact of the video and to assess the need for additional information. Patients will be recruited at the first consultation at the radiotherapy department or at one of the first radiotherapy sessions. In addition, focus groups will be organised to assess whether this video meets the patients' needs. At least 25 patients at at UZ Gent will be invited to participate in 5 focus groups, each focus group concentrating on one of the 5 most frequent tumor groups. Based on the collected data, both a qualitative and quantitative. In a second phase, additional visual material will be created.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 6, 2023
• First Posted: November 30, 2023
• Study Start: October 17, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2024
• Study Completion: December 31, 2024
• Last Updated: January 5, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

BE (1)