Focus Group Interview Study on Patient Experiences and Satisfaction

NCT ID: NCT04625842

Last Updated: 2024-05-28

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: WITHDRAWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2021-12-01

Brief Summary

In order to improve quality of care at the department, the investigators will perform a focus group interview study with patients and family members. They will perform 6 (3 in the French, and 3 in the Dutch language) focus group interviews with patients and 6 (3 in the French, and 3 in the Dutch language) with family members.

Detailed Description

In order to improve quality of care at the department, the investigators will perform a focus group interview study with patients and family members. They will perform 6 (3 in the French, and 3 in the Dutch language) focus group interviews with patients and 6 (3 in the French, and 3 in the Dutch language) with family members. Following research questions will be answered:

• What elements of care (ie infrastructure, interpersonal contact, information, communication) are good to the opinion of patients and family members?
• What elements of care can be improved?
• What are priorities in improvement of the care for patients and families?
• What actions could possibly be taken in order to improve the care for future patients?

Because the radiotherapy ward exists of 3 clusters, one per type of treatment conducted, the investigators will perform 6 focus group interviews with patients (3 in the French, and 3 in the Dutch language) and 6 focus group interviews with family members (3 in the French, and 3 in the Dutch language).

Investigators will collect sex, main diagnosis (of patients), age and nationality of all participants at the beginning of each focus group interview. They will transcribe all interviews verbatim and analyze them in Nvivo software as provided by the VUB. Participant characteristics will be analyzed by descriptive statistics.

Conditions

Patient Satisfaction; Patient Preference

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Patient focus group

Patients who received radiation treatment

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Focus group interview

Intervention Type: OTHER

Group interview with patients who received radiation treatment

Family focus group

Family of patients who received radiation treatment

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Focus group interview

Intervention Type: OTHER

Group interview with patients who received radiation treatment

Interventions

Focus group interview

Group interview with patients who received radiation treatment

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients (18+) who were treated for cancer, receiving radiotherapy, and followed thereafter in the UZ Brussel
• Dutch and French speaking
• Start date of treatment max 6 months before inclusion
• Estimated sample size: 5-8 x 6 patients

• All family members (+18) of patients who were treated for cancer, receiving radiotherapy, and followed thereafter in the UZ Brussel
• Dutch and French speaking
• Start date of treatment of patient max 6 months before inclusion
• Estimated sample size: 5-8 x 6 family members

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Mark De Ridder

Professor in oncology

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

UZ Brussel

Brussels, , Belgium

Countries

Belgium

Other Identifiers

2020-087

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id