Improving quality of life through the routine use of the patient concerns inventory for head and neck cancer patients: baseline results in a cluster preference randomised controlled trial

Simon Rogers, Christine Allmark, FAxilet Bekiroglu, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Gillon Fabbroni, Robert Flavel, Victoria Highet, Michael W S Ho, Gerry Humphris, Terry Jones, Owais Khattak, Jeffrey Lancaster, Christopher Loh, Derek Lowe, Cher Lowies, Dominic Macareavey, James Moor, T. K. Ong, A Prasai, Nicholas RolandCherith Semple, Llinos Haf Spencer, Sank Tandon, Steven J Thomas, Andrew Schache, Richard Shaw, Anastasios Kanatas

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Abstract

Purpose The main aim of this paper is to present baseline demographic and clinical characteristics and HRQOL in the two
groups of the Patient Concerns Inventory (PCI) trial. The baseline PCI data will also be described.
Methods This is a pragmatic cluster preference randomised control trial with 15 consultant clusters from two sites either
‘using’ (n = 8) or ‘not using’ (n = 7) the PCI at a clinic for all of their trial patients. The PCI is a 56-item prompt list that helps
patients raise concerns that otherwise might be missed. Eligibility was head and neck cancer patients treated with curative
intent (all sites, stage of disease, treatments).
Results From 511 patients first identified as eligible when screening for the multi-disciplinary tumour board meetings, 288
attended a first routine outpatient baseline study clinic after completion of their treatment, median (IQR) of 103 (71–162)
days. At baseline, the two trial groups were similar in demographic and clinical characteristics as well as in HRQOL measures
apart from differences in tumour location, tumour staging and mode of treatment. These exceptions were cluster (consultant)
related to Maxillofacial and ENT consultants seeing different types of cases. Consultation times were similar, with PCI
group times taking about 1 min longer on average (95% CL for the difference between means was from − 0.7 to + 2.2 min).
Conclusion Using the PCI in routine post-treatment head and neck cancer clinics do not elongate consultations. Recruitment
has finished but 12-month follow-up is still ongoing.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3435-3447
Number of pages13
JournalEuropean Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
Volume277
Issue number12
Early online date1 Jun 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - 31 Dec 2020

Keywords

  • Cluster preference
  • Head and neck cancer
  • Health-related quality of life
  • Intervention
  • Patient concerns inventory
  • Prompt list
  • Randomised trial

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