• Patient Educ Couns · Sep 2019

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Characterizing patient-clinician chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy assessment and management communication approaches.

    • Robert Knoerl, SmithEllen M LEMLSchool of Nursing, University of Michigan, 400 N. Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: ellenls@umich.edu., Amy Han, Allison Doe, Katelyn Scott, and Donna L Berry.
    • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Phyllis F. Cantor Center for Research in Nursing and Patient Care Services, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, LW 517, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: robert_knoerl@dfci.harvard.edu.
    • Patient Educ Couns. 2019 Sep 1; 102 (9): 1636-1643.

    ObjectiveTo describe the frequency and characteristics of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) assessment and management communication approaches between patients receiving neurotoxic chemotherapy and clinicians.MethodsThe data used in this analysis originated from a randomized controlled trial in which adults with cancer self-reported treatment-related symptoms using web-based symptom assessment technology. Three-to-six weeks after study initiation, each participant's outpatient visit was audio-recorded. Audio recordings and associated clinician notes for 159 participants who received platinum and/or taxane-based chemotherapy were coded for the presence of several CIPN assessment and management communication characteristics.ResultsParticipants received low cumulative neurotoxic chemotherapy doses (75%) at the time of audio recording. CIPN was discussed and documented in 44% and 46% of participant-clinician encounters. In symptomatic participants, clinicians asked an average of 0.7 open-ended questions, appropriately managed 70% of cases, and asked upper and lower extremity CIPN questions in 25% of cases.ConclusionsClinicians infrequently discussed and documented CIPN in participants with low CIPN severity, however appropriately managed mild CIPN. Development of interventions to translate existing recommended CIPN communication approaches into practice are required.Practice ImplicationsEffective participant-clinician communication is required at each clinic visit during chemotherapy treatment to identify initial signs of CIPN and offer appropriate treatment.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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