PEGASUS: The effectiveness of an intervention designed to promote shared decision making about breast reconstruction

Conditions

Topic: Cancer

Clarke A, Paraskeva N, White P, Tollow P, Hansen E, Harcourt D.

2021-06-0117 citations

‘They were aware of who I was as a person’: Patients’ and health professionals’ experiences of using the PEGASUS intervention to facilitate decision‐making around breast reconstruction

Philippa Tollow, Nicole Paraskeva, Alex Clarke, Paul White, Jane Powell et al. (7 authors)

European Journal of Cancer Care2021-05-2414 citations

10.1111/ecc.13464

A study protocol of the effectiveness of PEGASUS: a multi-centred study comparing an intervention to promote shared decision making about breast reconstruction with treatment as usual.

Harcourt D, Paraskeva N, White P, Powell J, Clarke A.

2017-10-0213 citations

10.1186/s12911-017-0543-0

Interventions

All participants are invited to take part in PEGASUS. This involves meeting a decision facilitator (specialist nurse/psychologist trained in its use) during which the patient elicits her individual br

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Women over the age of 18 2. Those who have been offered the option of immediate or delayed breast reconstruction (any type) because they have been diagnosed as having breast cancer or Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS), or are undergoing risk-reducing mastectomy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Those who are unsuitable for breast reconstruction 2. Insufficient grasp of English to participate in an intervention and study conducted in English

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Breast Q (reconstruction) is measured pre-operatively and 3, 6 and 12 months post-operatively.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Regret is measured using the Decisional Regret Scale at 3, 6 and 12 months post-operatively 2. Health related quality of life is measured using the EQ5DL and ICECAP-A questionnaires pre-operatively and 3, 6 and 12 months post operatively 3. Health economic measures are measured at 3, 6 and 12 months post operatively 4. Shared decision making is measured using the decisional conflict scale, VAS items and CollaboRATE pre-operatively	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Regret is measured using the Decisional Regret Scale at 3, 6 and 12 months post-operatively 2. Health related quality of life is measured using the EQ5DL and ICECAP-A questionnaires pre-operatively and 3, 6 and 12 months post operatively 3. Health economic measures are measured at 3, 6 and 12 months post operatively 4. Shared decision making is measured using the decisional conflict scale, VAS items and CollaboRATE pre-operatively

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Countries

England, United Kingdom, Wales

Contacts

Public ContactNicole Paraskeva

Nicole.Paraskeva@uwe.ac.uk+44 (0)117 3287657

Outcome results

None listed