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Focus Group Interview Study on Patient Experiences and Satisfaction

Quality Improvement Actions on the Radiotherapy Ward: Focus Group Interview Study on Patient Experiences and Satisfaction

Status
Withdrawn
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04625842
Acronym
RT_Focus
Enrollment
0
Registered
2020-11-12
Start date
2020-09-01
Completion date
2021-12-01
Last updated
2024-05-28

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Conditions

Patient Preference, Patient Satisfaction

Keywords

Quality of care

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.

Interventions

Group interview with patients who received radiation treatment

Sponsors

Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Focus group interview study

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

for patients: * 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 Inclusion criteria for family members: * 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

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Quality of careimmediately after treatmentTo identify elements of care that need improvement by using open ended interview questions and interaction between different participants
Problem solvingimmediately after treatmentTo identify solutions for problems in care by using open ended interview questions and interaction between different participants

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026