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Table 2 Study end points

From: A head and neck cancer intervention for use in survivorship clinics: a protocol for a feasibility study

Assessment

Source

Timing

End points

Survey metrics

 

Survivor Post-Assessment Survey

Patient

Upon completion of survivor self-assessment, before the clinic visit

• Perceptions of information quality, system quality, and usefulness, ease of use

Survivor Post-Visit Survey

Patient

Following clinic visit

• Opinion on the usefulness of the survivor self-assessment in the clinic visit

• Ease of use of, satisfaction with, and perceived usefulness of the survivorship care plan

Primary Care Provider Survey

PCP

One week after being mailed survivorship care plan, within a month of enrollment into study

• Whether they received and reviewed the survivorship care plan

• Ease of use of, satisfaction with, and perceived usefulness of the survivorship care plan

Nurse Practitioner Post-Visit Survey

NP

Following each clinic visit

• Whether the interactive discussion guide presented a complete list of issues for the patient

• Whether it contained irrelevant information

• Length of the visit

Nurse Practitioner Interview

NP

After all patients have completed clinic visits

• Problems with and benefits of interactive discussion guide

• Whether the usefulness or usability of the interactive discussion guide varied by type of patient seen in clinic

Non-survey metrics: HN-STAR

Automated Treatment Checklist

MSK NP

Immediate concurrent data collection before study visit

• Accuracy of automatic treatment summary generation

• Time required to verify

Manual Treatment Checklist

HH NP

Immediate concurrent data collection before study visit

• Time required to complete checklist

Survivor self-assessment

Patient

Immediate concurrent data collection before study visit

• The amount of time taken

• The items skipped

• The proportion of the self-assessment completed

• Receipt of routine preventive care (including cancer screening tobacco cessation, immunizations, and routine general testing)

Non-survey metrics: clinic note

 

NP

Part of routine care, abstracted from any time in the year before the visit (pretest) and in the note pertaining to the clinic visit (posttest)

• Late effects identified and addressed

• Receipt of head and neck surveillance

• Receipt of appropriate follow-up (e.g., smoking cessation, dental exam, blood work for thyroid studies, endoscopic exam, and head and neck physical exam)