Questionnaire to evaluate prostate cancer multidisciplinary committees in Spain.

2017 
e568Background: Prostate Cancer (PC) management through Multidisciplinary Committees (MDC) has demonstrated some benefits that could be relevant in patient's outcomes. In Spain MDC are widely implemented although they are not homogeneous among hospitals. The aim of the study was to design a questionnaire to evaluate the functionality/effectiveness of PC MDC in Spain. Methods: The questionnaire was developed from a literature review (22 articles included) and validated by 9 opinion leaders (3 medical oncologists, 3 urologists and 3 radiation oncologists). Experts scored each questionnaire item regarding its ability to assess MDC functionality/effectiveness to obtain a final score of each hospital (from 0-minimum to 100-best functionality/effectiveness) used to classify them according to the cluster analysis (high/intermediate/low level of functionality/effectiveness). The questionnaire was distributed to different specialties by the Spanish Societies of Urological Cancer (URONCOR, GUO and SOGUG). Results: ...
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