Abstract 5769
Background
Information about chemotherapy is complex. Access to information prior to treatment enables patients to gain a better understanding of their condition, lessen their concerns and enables them to make informed choices about treatment. Traditionally chemotherapy education was provided by oncology clinical nurse specialists (CNS) on an individual basis to patients before they started chemotherapy. Increasing numbers of patients and reduced staff resources lead to problems maintaining service. The Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Centres are committed to quality improvement across cancer services available to those affected by cancer. Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH) and the Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Centre collaborated on a group chemotherapy initiative in 2012 initiated in response to a high demand for education services. After a successful pilot the programme is now running in 8 hospitals across Ireland. In 2018 342 group education sessions were held with 1713 attendees.
Methods
The Cancer Nurse in the Daffodil Centre facilitates this programme using educational tools including a specially produced audiovisual support (DVD) and short oral and practical demonstrations to assist different learning styles. To conclude the CNS meets with the patients to discuss their individual plan. All attendees are asked to complete an evaluation form which is inputted into a database and the results collated.
Results
1217 completed the evaluation out of 1713 attendees. A number of themes emerged including: • Welcoming • Good information • Allayed concerns • Empowerment. Acknowledgement of the expertise of the nurse and other allied healthcare professionals who present at the session – medical social workers and dietitians.
Conclusions
Overall satisfaction levels were very high in the programme including the information and content on the DVD and the information received and the way it was explained by the nurse. Of those who left comments they were very positive about the experience and for the opportunity to attend. By attending the session patients and their relative/friends were made to feel welcome. Their knowledge of chemotherapy and its side effects were greatly increased and their fears of commencing treatment were in many ways alleviated.
Clinical trial identification
Editorial acknowledgement
Legal entity responsible for the study
The author.
Funding
Has not received any funding.
Disclosure
The author has declared no conflicts of interest.
Resources from the same session
2171 - CCND1 Amplification Contributes to Immunosuppression in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma and the Association with a Poor Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Presenter: Chloe Huang
Session: Poster Display session 3
Resources:
Abstract
2624 - Efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer patients with sensitive genes mutation
Presenter: Hui-Juan Cui
Session: Poster Display session 3
Resources:
Abstract
3494 - Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) kinetics as predictors of outcomes in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with nivolumab (N).
Presenter: Audrey Simonaggio
Session: Poster Display session 3
Resources:
Abstract
3964 - Predictive markers of checkpoint inhibitor activity in adult metastatic solid tumours
Presenter: Alexandra Pender
Session: Poster Display session 3
Resources:
Abstract
3041 - Blood-based TMB (bTMB) correlates with tissue-based TMB (tTMB) in a multi-cancer Phase I IO Cohort
Presenter: Daniel Araujo
Session: Poster Display session 3
Resources:
Abstract
3910 - Analysis of Molecular Profile Complexities for Immunotherapy Decision Support
Presenter: Robert Dóczi
Session: Poster Display session 3
Resources:
Abstract
4836 - The Role of Tumor Neoantigens in the Differential Response to Immunotherapy (IO) in EGFR and BRAF Mutated Lung Cancers - Quantity or Quality?
Presenter: Katrina Case
Session: Poster Display session 3
Resources:
Abstract
1929 - Impact of previous corticosteroid (CS) exposure on efficacy of Programmed Cell Death-(Ligand) 1 blockade in patients with advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): a single Center retrospective analysis
Presenter: Fabrizio Nelli
Session: Poster Display session 3
Resources:
Abstract
2601 - Comparison 18F-FDG-PET/CT criteria for prediction of therapy response and clinical outcome in patients with metastatic melanoma treated with Ipilimumab and PD-1 inhibitors
Presenter: Sabrina Vari
Session: Poster Display session 3
Resources:
Abstract
3628 - Predictive model for survival in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with frontline pembrolizumab
Presenter: Xabier Mielgo Rubio
Session: Poster Display session 3
Resources:
Abstract