Completed Research Project
Brownes Dairy Support Centre for Cancer & Leukaemia: Evaluation of services
Investigators: Joske, D., Kristjanson,
L. J., McDermid, D., Lobb, E., Popescu,
A., Wallis, K., Oliver, D., & Williams, P.
Funding: In kind support.
Abstract: The report summarised the results of participants seen at the SCGH Brownes Dairy Cancer Support Centre over a 17-month period between August 2002 and January 2004. Participants who received treatments completed a consultation form to provide demographic data. On arrival at their first treatment, participants completed a pre-treatment questionnaire, and then received their first treatment, which could be any one of approximately 17 complementary therapies. Prior to their third treatment, participants completed a pre-treatment questionnaire and completed the same form following their third treatment. Participants followed this same procedure on receiving their sixth treatment. The time period between the three treatment visits varied across participants. Patients participating/receiving care through the SCGH Brownes Cancer Support Centre reported improvements in both quality of life and symptom distress scores. These improvements were marked between the pre- and post-scores for each treatment visit, and there was also improvement over the course of the sessions, from treatment 1 to treatment 6.
