Eating As Treatment (EAT) study protocol: A stepped-wedge, randomised controlled trial of a health behaviour change intervention provided by dietitians to improve nutrition in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Britton, Ben ^a   McCarter, Kristen ^a   Baker, Amanda ^a   Wolfenden, Luke ^b   Wratten, Chris ^c   Bauer, Judith ^d   Beck, Alison ^a   McElduff, Patrick ^b   Halpin, Sean ^a   Carter, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DEPRESSION; DIET THERAPY; DIETITIAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; MOUTH CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAFF TRAINING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EATING; EDUCATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EATING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONISTS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84941649047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008921     Document Type: Article

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