Trajectory of Anxiety Related to Radiation Therapy Mask Immobilization and Treatment Delivery in Head and Neck Cancer and Radiation Therapists' Ability to Detect This Anxiety.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Receiving radiation therapy treatment with an immobilization mask is a source of anxiety in people with head and neck cancer (HNC). This study aimed to document the trajectory of situational anxiety during HNC treatment delivery and explore radiation therapists' (RTs') ability to identify it.

Methods and materials

Participants with HNC commencing radiation therapy completed the state-trait anxiety inventory at their mask-making session, and once each week immediately before and after their radiation treatment. Treating RTs independently rated their perception of participant's anxiety at the same time points. Participant- and RT-rated anxiety scores were calculated at each time point together with the proportion of participants reporting clinically significant anxiety

SUBMITTER: Burns M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486416 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature