Oncology
Conditions
Keywords
Oncologists, Survey, Expectations
Brief summary
Our study is a questionnaire targeting the medical staff in Oncology. It aims at exploring the thoughts and expectations of the medical staff in Oncology regarding their patients management and prognosis worldwide. It also investigates the factors that affect these thoughts and expectations and their effects.
Detailed description
Oncology patients need to trust the medical staff dealing with them. They are expecting knowledge, well communication, competence .. etc. This Questionnaire is for research purpose aiming at exploring the thoughts and expectations of the medical staff in Oncology regarding their patients management and prognosis worldwide. It investigates the factors that affect these thoughts and expectations and their effects. The results of this survey will shed the light on the oncologists' side of their relationship with their patients, which is often ignored or down played.
Interventions
OTHERsurvey
Oncology medical staff should respond to a survey
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. Medical/Clinical/Radiation Oncology Physicians 2. Surgical Oncology Physicians 3. Oncology nurses
Exclusion criteria
* Medical staff not related to oncology field
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| What are the most and least important factors the oncologists usually consider when they build their management plan? | Two months | We would like to know the factors that the oncologists usually consider for a patient's management plan. This will be done via a questionnaire. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| How often do oncologists inform patients of the detailed management plan? and Why? | Two months | We would like to know if the oncologists inform the patients the detailed management plan. and if they are expecting patients to fully understand the plan. This will be done via a questionnaire. |
| How satisfied do oncologists think most patients are during their management. | Two months | we would like to know how satisfied are the patients during their management, and why they are unsatisfied from the oncologists point of view. This will be done via a questionnaire. |
| How often are Oncology patients open to their case being discussed in multidisciplinary clinics or being referred to psychiatrists/Nutritionists/palliative care/hospice? | Two months | This will be done via a questionnaire to see their point of view. |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed