Assessing Patients' and Radiation Therapists’ Perceptions of Safety in Radiation Therapy and Using a Patient-provider Collaborative Checklist to Engage Patients

Approximately 52% of cancer patients require radiation therapy during the progression of their illness. Radiation therapy is a safe procedure; however, errors may occur and have the potential to harm patients. Recent studies have looked at patient engagement as a means of preventing errors in health...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Crupi, Michael Kyle
Other Authors:	Milosevic, Michael
Language:	en_ca
Published:	2013
Subjects:	checklist checklist design patient safety radiation therapy radiotherapy patient engagement anxiety patient anxiety STAI clinical engineering safety quality assurance qualitative analysis thematic analysis state trait anxiety inventory 0541
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1807/42779

id	ndltd-TORONTO-oai-tspace.library.utoronto.ca-1807-42779
record_format	oai_dc
spelling	ndltd-TORONTO-oai-tspace.library.utoronto.ca-1807-427792013-11-22T04:07:41ZAssessing Patients' and Radiation Therapists’ Perceptions of Safety in Radiation Therapy and Using a Patient-provider Collaborative Checklist to Engage PatientsCrupi, Michael Kylechecklistchecklist designpatient safetyradiation therapyradiotherapypatient engagementanxietypatient anxietySTAIclinical engineeringsafetyquality assurancequalitative analysisthematic analysisstate trait anxiety inventory0541Approximately 52% of cancer patients require radiation therapy during the progression of their illness. Radiation therapy is a safe procedure; however, errors may occur and have the potential to harm patients. Recent studies have looked at patient engagement as a means of preventing errors in healthcare. Through interviews and focus groups, this study looks at patients’ and radiation therapists’ current perceptions of safety in radiation therapy and whether they feel that patient engagement in the form of a patient-provider collaborative checklist can improve its safety or the perception of safety. Through workflow observations and literature reviews, a patient-provider collaborative checklist was developed. Furthermore, STAI surveys were conducted to document the progression of patient anxiety through treatment. Feedback from radiation therapists demonstrated their opinions on the usability of the final iteration of the patient-provider collaborative checklist and how it could fit into the clinical setting.Milosevic, Michael2013-112013-11-21T18:51:19ZNO_RESTRICTION2013-11-21T18:51:19Z2013-11-21Thesishttp://hdl.handle.net/1807/42779en_ca
collection	NDLTD
language	en_ca
sources	NDLTD
topic	checklist checklist design patient safety radiation therapy radiotherapy patient engagement anxiety patient anxiety STAI clinical engineering safety quality assurance qualitative analysis thematic analysis state trait anxiety inventory 0541
spellingShingle	checklist checklist design patient safety radiation therapy radiotherapy patient engagement anxiety patient anxiety STAI clinical engineering safety quality assurance qualitative analysis thematic analysis state trait anxiety inventory 0541 Crupi, Michael Kyle Assessing Patients' and Radiation Therapists’ Perceptions of Safety in Radiation Therapy and Using a Patient-provider Collaborative Checklist to Engage Patients
description	Approximately 52% of cancer patients require radiation therapy during the progression of their illness. Radiation therapy is a safe procedure; however, errors may occur and have the potential to harm patients. Recent studies have looked at patient engagement as a means of preventing errors in healthcare. Through interviews and focus groups, this study looks at patients’ and radiation therapists’ current perceptions of safety in radiation therapy and whether they feel that patient engagement in the form of a patient-provider collaborative checklist can improve its safety or the perception of safety. Through workflow observations and literature reviews, a patient-provider collaborative checklist was developed. Furthermore, STAI surveys were conducted to document the progression of patient anxiety through treatment. Feedback from radiation therapists demonstrated their opinions on the usability of the final iteration of the patient-provider collaborative checklist and how it could fit into the clinical setting.
author2	Milosevic, Michael
author_facet	Milosevic, Michael Crupi, Michael Kyle
author	Crupi, Michael Kyle
author_sort	Crupi, Michael Kyle
title	Assessing Patients' and Radiation Therapists’ Perceptions of Safety in Radiation Therapy and Using a Patient-provider Collaborative Checklist to Engage Patients
title_short	Assessing Patients' and Radiation Therapists’ Perceptions of Safety in Radiation Therapy and Using a Patient-provider Collaborative Checklist to Engage Patients
title_full	Assessing Patients' and Radiation Therapists’ Perceptions of Safety in Radiation Therapy and Using a Patient-provider Collaborative Checklist to Engage Patients
title_fullStr	Assessing Patients' and Radiation Therapists’ Perceptions of Safety in Radiation Therapy and Using a Patient-provider Collaborative Checklist to Engage Patients
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing Patients' and Radiation Therapists’ Perceptions of Safety in Radiation Therapy and Using a Patient-provider Collaborative Checklist to Engage Patients
title_sort	assessing patients' and radiation therapists’ perceptions of safety in radiation therapy and using a patient-provider collaborative checklist to engage patients
publishDate	2013
url	http://hdl.handle.net/1807/42779
work_keys_str_mv	AT crupimichaelkyle assessingpatientsandradiationtherapistsperceptionsofsafetyinradiationtherapyandusingapatientprovidercollaborativechecklisttoengagepatients
_version_	1716615812680253440

Assessing Patients' and Radiation Therapists’ Perceptions of Safety in Radiation Therapy and Using a Patient-provider Collaborative Checklist to Engage Patients

Similar Items