National audit of patient reported experience of radical cystectomy for bladder cancer pathways.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to measure and describe the national patient experience of radical cystectomy (RC) pathways in the UK using the validated Cystectomy-Pathway Assessment Tool (C-PAT).

Patients and methods

A cohort of 1081 patients who underwent RC for bladder cancer, between 1 January 2021 and 31 July 2022 at 33 UK cystectomy centres, returned completed C-PAT responses. SPSS was employed for data summary statistics, including median, interquartile range, Mann Whitney U test or Chi-square test with a 95% confidence interval to assess statistical significance between potentially associated variables. Open-text responses in the C-PAT tool were analysed and coded using NVivo software.

Results

In this cohort, the greatest perceived delay in the RC p

SUBMITTER: Kuppanda P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11479807 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature