ESTRO 2024 - Abstract Book

S5723

RTT - Patient experience and quality of life

ESTRO 2024

Results:

A total of 51 women were enrolled in this single-arm study. The average age was 50.7±9.7 years old. Fifty out of 51 patients had a high school diploma. All patients received adjuvant breast radiotherapy for the first time. The dose regimen was moderate hypofractionation (2.66 Gy per fraction) in 33 (64.7%) patients and conventional fractionation (2.0 Gy per fraction) in 18 (35.3%) patients. Of the 51 patients, forty-six (90.2%) stated that their family and friends knew that they had breast cancer and were receiving radiotherapy, and five (9.8%) patients stated that they did not let their family and friends know about the diagnosis. Patient satisfaction survey showed that almost all (50/51, 98.0%) patients found the educational video convenient and helpful, but 7 (13.7%) patients felt that some professional terms in the video were difficult to comprehend. A total of 13 (25.5%) patients stated that they watched the video more frequently after their dermatitis became more severe during the treatment course. Most patients (43/51, 84.3%) watched the video once a week, and only 2 (3.9%) patients watched it over 3 times a week. Overall, forty-three (84.3%) patients stated that the video helped relieve their anxiety during the treatment course, and 8 (15.7%) stated that the video did not seem to influence their feelings, either positively or negatively. At the end of the survey, almost all patients (50/51, 98.0%) stated that they were willing to recommend the educational video to other breast cancer patients.

Conclusion:

A patient-opinion-included educational video is helpful and can potentially provide extra self-care guidance and emotional support for breast cancer patients who lack support from their social network. We strongly encourage health care professionals to provide similar patient-centered educational materials, especially to patients who are unwilling to let their family and friends know about their condition. In the future, we will design specific educational videos for each cancer site.

Keywords: educational video, patient-reported outcome

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