Developing an integrated rehabilitation model for thoracic cancer services: views of patients, informal carers and clinicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Access to rehabilitation to prevent disability and optimise function is recommended for patients with cancer, including following cancer diagnosis. Models to integrate rehabilitation within oncology services as cancer treatment commences are required, but must be informed by those they are intended to support. We aimed to identify views of patients, carers and clinicians to develop and refine a rehabilitation model to be tested in a feasibility trial for people newly diagnosed with lung cancer or mesothelioma.

Methods

We conducted a focus group study with people affected by lung cancer or mesothelioma, their carers and clinicians providing their care to identify priorities for rehabilitation in this period. We sought views on core intervention components, processe

SUBMITTER: Bayly J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6193311 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature