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ORAL 43 - Enhancing Physical Wellbeing in Lung Cancer (ID 168)
- Event: WCLC 2015
- Type: Oral Session
- Track: Nursing and Allied Professionals
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:G. Bates, M. Hesdorffer
- Coordinates: 9/09/2015, 18:30 - 20:00, 102+104+106
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ORAL43.05 - Development and Evaluation of Health and Wellbeing Events for People Affected by Lung Cancer (ID 891)
19:13 - 19:24 | Author(s): L. Eldridge
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Background:
In the UK, Health and Wellbeing Events for people with cancer have developed as part of the National Cancer Survivorship Initiative. They are aimed at supporting people living with and beyond cancer to live as healthy and active lives as possible for as long as possible (Richards et al 2011). They are designed to provide an opportunity for people with cancer and their family members to gain information and support, to help them manage the consequences of cancer and make positive life-style changes where appropriate (NCSI 2013). Early pilot work suggests events of this kind may not only benefit attendees in terms of improved levels of knowledge, confidence and physical and emotional wellbeing, but may also lead to more appropriate use of services, and potentially reduce unplanned consultations and admissions. However, to date, much of this early work has been in the context of breast and urological cancers, and there has been little exploration and evaluation of events aimed specifically at helping people affected by lung cancer (Office for Public Management/Macmillan Cancer Support 2011). The poster will address this knowledge deficit by reporting data from an ongoing collaborative project undertaken at three London NHS Foundation Trusts. The project aims to develop and evaluate a series of Lung Cancer Health and Wellbeing Events. Specifically, data will describe the process of developing and delivering events for people with lung cancer, and identify the perceived feasibility, acceptability and usefulness of these events from the perspective of attendees (patients and their family members/close friends) and professionals involved in organising the events.
Methods:
Design: A prospective mixed method service evaluation including; 1) Event attendance rates and demographics (i.e. patient/family member, gender, age, ethnicity), 2) Participants’ perceptions of how useful the events are (using questionnaires administered immediately after the event and at 4-6 weeks), 3) Health professionals’ perceptions of the usefulness and impact of the events (using questionnaires and group discussions), 4) Analysis of the costs and resources required to host the events (e.g. professionals' time, administration and organisation, additional financial expenditure etc). Analysis: Descriptive statistics and qualitative thematic analysis will be used.
Results:
The poster will present data from the first two events held in 2015. At the time of writing, intial analysis from the first event suggests that although only a small proportion of patients with lung cancer may choose to attend these kinds of events (7% of 257 invited) , the experience of attendees (patients and family members) is reported as largely positive. For example, 71% (15/21) found the event ‘quite’ or ‘very helpful’ and 91% (20/22) would recommend it to others in a similar situation. Initial feedback from professionals is also positive whilst elucidating the resource required to develop and deliver events.
Conclusion:
Health and Wellbeing Events are a recent initiative in the UK to help support people living with and beyond a diagnosis of cancer. This poster will present results of an evaluation of lung cancers-specific events. The findings will indicate their feasibility, acceptability and accessibility to patients and family members, Implications for future service development and delivery will be discussed.
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