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PapersMulticentre randomised controlled trial of nursing intervention for breathlessness in patients with lung cancer

BMJ 1999; 318 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.318.7188.901 (Published 03 April 1999) Cite this as: BMJ 1999;318:901

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Re: PapersMulticentre randomised controlled trial of nursing intervention for breathlessness in patients with lung cancer

Dear Study Team,

The intervention were described as:

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Early recognition of problems warranting pharmacological or medical intervention"

Could you comment on the frequency of opioid use in both groups at baseline and during the study period?

"to ensure the uniformity of the intervention across centres: all nurses taking part were taught the intervention in the same way, using a practice guideline, and they all completed a checklist at the end of each intervention session indicating the strategies they had used with patients (these were used to monitor correct delivery of the intervention)."

I wonder if you could provide your checklist tools and share it with us in the supplemetary matrial collection.

Best regards

J Hense

Competing interests: No competing interests

17 May 2016
Jörg Hense
MD
medical oncology, palliative care services, west german cancer centre, university hospital, essen
45122 Essen, Germany