Enhancing Value of Quality Assurance Rounds in Improving Radiation Therapy Management: A Retrospective Analysis (original) (raw)

Materials/Methods: Patients receiving RT lung cancer were chosen to take part in the lung questionnaires. Questions were asked prior to starting RT by means of a tablet and then 2 weeks post RT either by a tablet or nurse phone call depending on treatment intent. The first questionnaire was created by a cohort of Radiation Oncologists to test the workability of PROs specific to lung, with the intent of revisiting this questionnaire with a larger, inter-disciplinary group in the near future. A second edition questionnaire was adapted by using 11 questions from the validated FACT-Lung source with 4 additional questions inquiring about oxygen use, swallowing, hemoptysis, and rib pain. This was then reviewed and approved by the POSI Question Task Force (QTF) and Impact Steering Committee (ISC) before being piloted at one of the 6 centres participating in POSI. To evaluate the pilot, a sample of health care providers who had interactions with patients around the usability and acceptability of the questionnaire, were asked to provide their feedback information.