Working together : the opportunities and challenges of integrating an interdisciplinary, single-subject pilot study within a large-scale implementation study /
This article presents the challenges, opportunities, and successes associated with the development and implementation of an interdisciplinary pilot study embedded within a large-scale implementation study. The pilot study focuses on cancer-related fatigue and work self-efficacy, through the integrat...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd,
2020.
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| Series: | SAGE Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This article presents the challenges, opportunities, and successes associated with the development and implementation of an interdisciplinary pilot study embedded within a large-scale implementation study. The pilot study focuses on cancer-related fatigue and work self-efficacy, through the integration of an occupational therapy-tailored functional intervention into a physical exercise intervention parent study. Cancer-related fatigue is the most common cancer survivor-reported sequelae of cancer and anti-cancer treatments. Functionally, cancer-related fatigue is reported as a major barrier to workability among working-aged (18-65 years) cancer survivors. Recent studies that target physical ability as an endpoint show positive results of exercise interventions on reduction of cancer-related fatigue symptoms. Very limited research on functional outcomes for work self-efficacy exist, particularly outcomes that combine tailored physical and functional activity programming. As research in rehabilitation for cancer-related fatigue grows, interdisciplinary interventions show promise, offering potentially more effective and efficient delivery of rehabilitation services to cancer survivors, targeting concerns related to both physical and functional cancer-related fatigue. The large-scale parent study provided an opportunity to explore an interdisciplinary approach to enhance work-related self-efficacy in survivors with cancer-related fatigue. The challenges in embedding the pilot study included determining how to set up the pilot study interventions without disrupting the exercise intervention of the parent study, establishing distinct measurements and an appropriate analytical design to inform outcomes, and ensuring fidelity in delivery of the interdisciplinary intervention. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529713770 1529713773 |