Movie making as a cognitive distraction for paediatric patients receiving radiotherapy treatment: qualitative interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To establish the outcomes achieved by using an innovative movie-making programme designed to reduce fear of radiotherapy among paediatric patients.

Design

Qualitative descriptive evaluation based on semistructured, qualitative interviews with purposeful sampling and thematic analysis.

Setting

Tertiary Cancer Centre.

Participants

20 parents of paediatric patients who had produced a movie of their radiation therapy experience and were in a follow-up phase of cancer management.

Results

Participants attributed a broad range of outcomes to the movie-making program. These included that the programme had helped reduce anxiety and distress exhibited by paediatric patients and contributed to a willingness to receive treatment. Other outcomes were that

SUBMITTER: Shrimpton BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3549231 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature