Keywords:
Professional Issues, Oncology, Professional issues, Cone beam CT, Radiation therapy / Oncology, Neoplasia, Radiotherapy techniques, Prospective, Cross-sectional study, Not applicable
Authors:
S. I. Rodrigues1, J. SOUSA2, L. P. Ribeiro2, A. F. Abrantes2, R. P. P. Almeida3, J. Pinheiro4, M. Ramos2, F. Serra2; 1Faro, Fa/PT, 2FARO/PT, 3Faro /PT, 4sao bras/PT
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2020/C-13720
Results
Regarding results about the question:“how comfortable did you find your treatment position during radiation treatment over the last week”(table1), the main results corresponded, for the comfort index, on a scale of 1 (without discomfort) to 10 (very uncomfortable), to a mean of 3.79.
Concerning the second question of the instrument “Patient comfort visual analogue scale”, this is to measure “how was your experience to stay still and maintain your treatment position during radiation treatment over the last week”.
The answer to this question is made through a scale of Likert, from 1 to 10, being the value 1 indicative of no difficulty to remain immobile, and the value 10 indicative of very difficulty in remaining immobile (table 2).
Perception of the reproducibility in Radiotherapy, by analyzing the positional deviations in relation to the treatment isocenter obtained through a portal image and for cone beam CT images, are demonstrated the overall value of the mean and standard deviation of the vertical, longitudinal, lateral and translational axes of the patients. (table 3 and 4), for each linear accelerator.
Finally, regarding the relationship between the comfort index and the reproducibility of the treatment, there were no significant differences between the groups (comfort or discomfort), in the positional deviations.