Parallel multicentre randomised trial of a clinical trial question prompt list in patients considering participation in phase 3 cancer treatment trials

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Tattersall, Martin H N ^a,b   Jefford, Michael ^c,d   Martin, Andrew ^b   Olver, Ian ^e   Thompson, John F ^a   Brown, Richard F ^f   Butow, Phyllis N ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Informed Consent Questionnaire; Question Prompt List

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; ONCOLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 85014457478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012666     Document Type: Article

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