title: Qualitative approach to patient-reported outcomes in oncology: protocol of a French study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The past decade has been characterised by movement from a doctor-centred to a patient-centred approach to treatment outcomes, in which doctors try to see the illness through their patients' eyes. Patients, family members and doctors are the three participants in cancer care, but their perspectives about what have been helpful during cancer treatment have never simultaneously and explicitly compared in the same qualitative study. The aim of this study project is to explore patients' perspectives about the care they receive, as well as families' and doctors' perspectives about what have been helpful for the patient. These three points of view will be compared and contrasted in order to analyse the convergences and divergences in these perspectives.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a national multicentre qualitative study. Participants will be constituted by three different subsamples: (1) patients with cancer (skin, breast, urological and lung cancers), (2) their relatives, and (3) their referring physicians. Recruitment will follow the purposive sample technique, and the final sample size will be determined by data saturation. Data will be collected through open-ended semistructured interviews and independently analysed with NVivo V.10 software by three researchers according to the principles of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The research protocol received approval from the University Paris Descartes review board (IRB number: 20140600001072), and participants will provide written consent. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to focus on the simultaneous exploration of the separate points of view of patients, families and doctors about the care received during the cancer care journey. We expect that our findings will help to improve communication and relationships between doctors, patients and families. Comparison of these three points of view will provide information about the convergences and divergences of these perspectives and how to address the needs of all three groups.
authors.affiliation: INSERM 1178 research unit, Paris, France Paris-Sud University and Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France Department of Psychology, CRP-CPO Lab, University of Picardie Jules Vernes, Amiens, France.
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orri
authors.affiliation: INSERM 1178 research unit, Paris, France Paris-Sud University and Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France Maison de Solenn, AP-HP Cochin Hospital, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Jordan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sibeoni
authors.affiliation: INSERM 1178 research unit, Paris, France Paris-Sud University and Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Mathilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Labey
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, AP-HP Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France Paris-Diderot University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Guilhem
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bousquet
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, CHRU Caen, Caen, France Caen Basse Normandie University, Caen, France.
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Verneuil
authors.affiliation: INSERM 1178 research unit, Paris, France Paris-Sud University and Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France Centre de Soins Psychotherapeutiques de Transition pour Adolescents, Argenteuil Hospital Centre, Argenteuil, France.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Revah-Levy
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000639:trends; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012107:Research Design
keywords: ONCOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH