Modernizing Instructions to Improve Treatment Participation of Subjects During Their First Radiotherapy
University of Florida
Summary
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.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–99 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
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 * Prisone…
Interventions
- BehavioralModernized patient instructions
Patients will be given modernized patient instructions prior to radiotherapy treatment.
- BehavioralExisting patient instructions
Patients will be given the patient instructions currently in use prior to radiotherapy treatment.
Location
- University of FloridaGainesville, Florida