Experiences of patients and their relatives of postoperative radiological surveillance and surveillance intensity following primary resection of a soft tissue sarcoma and its impact on their quality of life: a systematic review protocol.
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Maes, DanielleMcMullan, Christel
Ford, Samuel J
Wilson, Roger
Oppong, Raymond
Aiyegbusi, Olalekan Lee
Publication date
2023-05-17
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Introduction: Postoperative radiological surveillance following primary resection of a soft tissue sarcoma (sarcoma of the retroperitoneum, abdomen, pelvis, trunk or extremities) is standard of care in all international high-volume sarcoma centres in the world. The intensity of postoperative surveillance imaging is highly varied and knowledge of the impact of surveillance and surveillance intensity on patients' quality of life is limited. The aim of this systematic review is to summarise the experiences of patients and their relatives/caregivers of postoperative radiological surveillance following resection of a primary soft tissue sarcoma and its impact on their quality of life. Methods and analysis: We will systematically search MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL Plus and Epistemonikos. Hand searching of reference lists of included studies will be conducted. Further searches will be performed via Google Scholar, to reveal further studies within unpublished 'grey' literature. Two reviewers will independently screen the titles and abstracts following the eligibility criteria. After retrieval of the full text of the selected studies, the methodological quality will be appraised using the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist for Qualitative Research and the Center for Evidence-Based Management checklist for Critical Appraisal of a Cross-Sectional Study. Data on the study population, relevant themes and conclusions will be extracted from the selected papers, and a narrative synthesis will be conducted. Ethics and dissemination: The systematic review does not require ethics approval. The findings of the proposed work will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and disseminated widely to patients, clinicians and allied health professionals through the Sarcoma UK website, the Sarcoma Patient Advocacy Global Network and the Trans-Atlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group. In addition, the outcomes of this research will be presented at national and international conferences.Citation
Maes D, McMullan C, Ford SJ, Wilson R, Oppong R, Aiyegbusi OL. Experiences of patients and their relatives of postoperative radiological surveillance and surveillance intensity following primary resection of a soft tissue sarcoma and its impact on their quality of life: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 2023 May 17;13(5):e070327. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070327.Type
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BMJ OpenPublisher
BMJ Publishing Groupae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070327