Public awareness campaign to recognise and act on vague cancer symptoms Cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Participants are allocated to the two groups depending on where they live (i.e. to which M-RDC clinic they are referred, if they live in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board then they are in the
Sponsors
Cardiff University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants will be eligible to take part in the questionnaire if they are: 1. Aged 18 years or over 2. Live in the intervention or comparator sites 3. Have been referred to the M/RDC in the intervention or comparator sites Participants will be eligible to take part in the patient qualitative interviews if they are: 1. Aged 18 years or over 2. Live in the intervention or comparator sites 3. Have been referred to the M/RDC in the intervention or comparator sites Participants will be eligible to take part in the cancer champion qualitative interviews if they are: 1. Aged 18 years or over 2. A cancer champion for the TIC-TOC study Participants will be eligible to take part in the primary care interviews if they are: 1. Aged 18 years or over 2. A primary care practitioner working in the intervention area Participants will be eligible to take part in the public or healthcare professional focus groups/interviews if they are: 1. Aged 18 years or over 2. Live in the intervention area if a member of the public or work in the intervention area if a healthcare professional
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Non-English speakers 2. Unable to provide informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The proportion of completed self-report patient interval data questionnaires, collected at a single timepoint | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess the feasibility of data collection in relation to: 1. Self-reported patient interval measured using the Cancer Symptom Interval measure (C-SIM) during the questionnaire (one timepoint) 2. Patient quality of life measured using the EQ-5D-5L during the questionnaire (one timepoint) 3. Implementation costs and healthcare resource use measured using the Client Service Receipt inventory (CSRI) during the questionnaire (one timepoint) 4. Demographic information collected during the questionnaire (one timepoint) 5. Individual and area-level deprivation measured using education and postcode during the questionnaire (one timepoint) 6. Smoking and comorbidities including personal experience of cancer measured during the questionnaire (one timepoint) 7. Awareness of campaign messages and contamination in the comparator area measured during the questionnaire (one timepoint) 8. Acceptability of routine data collection measured during the questionnaire (one timepoint) 9. Symptom recognition and help-seeking barriers measured using the Cancer Awareness Measure (CAM) during the questionnaire (one timepoint) | — |
Countries
United Kingdom, Wales
Contacts
Public ContactGwenllian Moody
Outcome results
None listed