Highlights
- •New specific set of Hyperthermia treatment Quality Indicators are proposed.
- •Three structure, five process and two outcome Quality Indicators set were selected.
- •Average values used as standard reference values of hyperthermia quality indicators have been obtained and proposed.
- •The proposed indicators are available to be investigated and applied by a larger number of the Institutes.
Abstract
Aim
Nowadays, no Quality Indicators (QI) have been proposed for Hyperthermia treatments.
Starting from radiotherapy experience, the aim of this work is to adapt radiotherapy
indicators to Hyperthermia and to propose a new specific set of QI in Hyperthermia
field.
Material and methods
At first, radiotherapy quality indicators published in literature have been adapted
to hyperthermia setting. Moreover, new specific indicators for the treatment of hyperthermia
have been defined. To obtain the standard reference values of quality indicators,
a questionnaire was sent to 7 Italian hyperthermia Institutes with a list of questions
on physical and clinical hyperthermia treatment in order to highlight the different
therapeutic approaches.
Results
Three structure, five process and two outcome QI were selected. It has been possible to adapt seven indicators from radiotherapy, while three indicators
have been defined as new specific indicators for hyperthermia. Average values used
as standard reference values have been obtained and proposed.
Conclusion
The survey performed on 7 Italian centres allowed to derive the standard reference
value for each indicator. The proposed indicators are available to be investigated
and applied by a larger number of Institutes in which hyperthermia treatment is performed
in order to monitor the operational procedures and to confirm or modify the reference
standard value derived for each indicator.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 30, 2020
Accepted:
January 9,
2020
Received in revised form:
January 8,
2020
Received:
July 23,
2019
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