Quality of life in older women with breast cancer Cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Semi-structured interviews, questionnaire completion and focus groups with older women (aged >70 years, seen in the breast clinic within the last 2 years)
and health care professionals (breast clinic team, oncologists).
Sponsors
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Older women (aged 70 years) attending breast clinic with benign pathology (such as breast pain, benign lumps) to reduce bias due to treatment experiences 5. Health care professionals (breast surgeons, oncologists, breast nurse specialists)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Individuals who are unable to give informed consent to take part in the study 2. Individuals who cannot speak and read English
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Patient and consultant feedback on the usability of the online web tool collected using a quantitative questionnaire at baseline | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Patients' and healthcare professionals' views on the importance of quality of life (QoL), adverse events (AE) and functional outcomes collected using semi-structured interviews at baseline 2. Patients' and healthcare professionals' preferences for visual display of QoL, physical function and AE outcomes collected using focus groups at baseline | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactJenna;Lynda Morgan;Wyld
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Outcome results
None listed