COSA Posters: Education and Supportive Care — ASN Events
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Exhibition Hall (Hall 1a)


'90 minutes' information sessions supporting carers of people with life threatening illnesses - a pilot study (#817)

3:00 PM
Gini Adcock

The ‘bridge of support’, an innovative program bringing peer support to the hospital setting (#818)

3:00 PM
A Amos

An individualised group based exercise intervention is associated with improvements in functional performance, quality of life, and fatigue in adults with cancer (#819)

3:00 PM
Morgan Atkinson

A pilot study of the effectiveness of a pre-operative supportive care education and counselling intervention for patients undergoing major head and neck cancer surgery (#820)

3:00 PM
Andrew Badcoe

A smoking intervention among people with psychotic disorders – Preliminary results from a randomized controlled trial (#821)

3:00 PM
Amanda Baker

Alcohol, tobacco use and readiness to change in an Australian sample of head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy (#822)

3:00 PM
Amanda L Baker

Therapeutic alliance between dietitians and patients with head and neck cancer: relationship to quality of life and nutritional status following a dietitian delivered health behaviour intervention (#823)

3:00 PM
Alison K Beck

Bias due to differential attrition: what matters and what doesn’t (#824)

3:00 PM
Melanie L Bell

The management of radiation-induced skin toxicities in women with breast cancer: the impact of a systematic in-patient controlled clinical trial on patient well-being (#825)

3:00 PM
Noelle C Bennett

Consumer engagement and satisfaction with a speech pathology telehealth service supporting patients with head and neck cancer (#826)

3:00 PM
Clare Burns

Antidepressant preferences for women taking tamoxifen: a survey of Australian oncologists (#827)

3:00 PM
Jane Cass-Verco

Four years of screening for pain and distress with QUICATOUCH (#828)

3:00 PM
Kerrie Clover

The impact of physical activity on fatigue and quality of life in lung cancer patients (PAL Study): a qualitative exploration of participant experience.  (#829)

3:00 PM
Haryana M Dhillon

Improving cancer risk understanding: a systematic review of educational interventions for people with, or at high risk of, cancer (#830)

3:00 PM
Mbathio Dieng

Cancer patients and those supporting them have unique illness perception profiles and support needs (#831)

3:00 PM
Rosie Dobson

You matter too: developing a carer information pack and psychoeducation session in the cancer setting. (#832)

3:00 PM
Pauley Kessel

Bone health and its management in early stage breast cancer patients commencing adjuvant hormonal treatment (#833)

3:00 PM
Divyanshu Dua

‘Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow’ – what cancer survivors want to know, and how they want to know it. (#834)

3:00 PM
Jacinta Elks

Pushing the possibilities: consumers and health professionals co-design web videos on breast cancer (#835)

3:00 PM
Sue Ellis

Decision making, decision regret and patient preferences in pre-menopausal women with low-risk early breast cancer. (#836)

3:00 PM
Laura Emery

Characteristics of patients presenting to Western Australian cancer support centres: Patient rated outcomes and use of complementary therapy   (#837)

3:00 PM
Bonnie Furzer

The impact of physical activity on disease-free survival in patients with high-risk stage II or III colon cancer: one month screening results.  (#838)

3:00 PM
Emma M Goddard

Pancreatic cancer and supportive care- faced with death, it is the small things that positively impact on quality of life. (#839)

3:00 PM
Helen Gooden

When you look in the mirror and don’t recognise the person looking back at you... where do you turn for help? (#841)

3:00 PM
Sally Harrold

"Measuring emotional distress in newly diagnosed cancer patients with respect to their awareness regarding cancer and taking measures to minimize their distress level in Indian setting" (#842)

3:00 PM
Kavita Hazare

Moving forward with confidence: a report on work in progress to increase the capacity for self-management in cancer survivors (#843)

3:00 PM
Paula Howell

'There's nothing of me left.'  The experience of alopecia for Australian women with ovarian cancer. (#844)

3:00 PM
Victoria Jayde

Anchors of hope – the centrality of the relationship between health care professionals and Australian women with ovarian cancer (#845)

3:00 PM
Victoria Jayde

Systematic review of quality-improvement interventions aimed at cancer specialists (#846)

3:00 PM
Kristin Johnson

The effect of dietary counselling and/or oral supplements in lung cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy: A systematic review (#847)

3:00 PM
Nicole Kiss

Review of clinical practice guidelines of chemotherapy induced oral mucositis in an Australian haematology oncology practice. (#848)

3:00 PM
Maria A Larizza

Evaluation of a psycho-education based group program for cancer patients and supporters (#849)

3:00 PM
Alexandra Leggat

Capturing the multi-cultural experience of cancer – a study involving narratives in words and photographic images (#850)

3:00 PM
Pauley Kessel

“I was missing out on rites of passage”: Supportive care of young people with cancer and their peers (#851)

3:00 PM
Peter Lewis

Piloting a multidisciplinary parenteral nutrition team in an oncology setting (#852)

3:00 PM
Jenelle Loeliger

Carers of patients with HGG are more distressed than the patients: Understanding the experience of caregivers (#853)

3:00 PM
Anne Long

A regional model for sustainable change through redesigning cancer care (#854)

3:00 PM
Melissa Loorham

Strategic planning of breast cancer awareness and prevention techniques including old Indian traditions in regularly practiced programs (#855)

3:00 PM
Geeta Mathur

Changes in social relations as a result of participation on group therapy in cancer patients (#856)

3:00 PM
Tomoko Matsui

Acupuncture service for supportive care in a day oncology unit (#857)

3:00 PM
Chris McKeon

Electroacupuncture vs sham electroacupuncture vs standard care for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting –a pilot study (#858)

3:00 PM
Chris McKeon

Workshops to improve communication in cancer care (#859)

3:00 PM
Vicki Mcleod

Comparative analysis of post-treatment quality of life in breast cancer patients in central India after counseling them with family members against counseling them alone (#860)

3:00 PM
Dr.Suchitra Mehta

What about me? ; Identifying needs of, and resources for, young adult cancer survivors (25 – 40 years) (#861)

3:00 PM
Annie Miller

Cancer education & resource center (CaRE): Caring beyond (#863)

3:00 PM
Mazanah Muhamad

A snapshot of distress and problems identified by those accessing a cancer supportive care service (#864)

3:00 PM
Claire O'Donovan

Self-management support in cancer care pilot study: An integrated model-of-care and intervention protocol (#865)

3:00 PM
Inga OBrien

Cabazitaxel for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC): Interim results from the Australian early access program [NCT01254279] (#866)

3:00 PM
Phillip Parente

Health resource utilisation (HRU) and patient burden associated with skeletal-related events (SREs) in a randomised controlled trial setting (#867)

3:00 PM
Gary Richardson

Modifying conventional program logic approaches to incorporate longitudinal evaluation of rural cancer service improvement programs: the Gippsland chemotherapy nurse preceptor program (#868)

3:00 PM
Kiona Smith

Quality of life and coping in ovarian cancer: The last year of life. (#869)

3:00 PM
Dirkje W Sommeijer

Unique roles to support Outreach Cancer Care (#870)

3:00 PM
Lynn Steenhuis

My time; your time; the time of living with myeloma. (#871)

3:00 PM
Jane Garrad

Distress and quality of life of disease free cervical cancer survivors in Tamilnadu, India (#872)

3:00 PM
Surendran Veeraiah

Current care and needs of adult cancer survivors – a cross-sectional survey (#873)

3:00 PM
Kate Webber

Assessment of a short subjective burden measure as a screening tool for at-risk carers of geriatric oncology survivors (#874)

3:00 PM
Hayley S Whitford

Evaluating pain and analgesic use in patients with solid tumours and bone metastases receiving denosumab or zoledronic acid (ZA) from 3 identically-designed, randomised, double-blind, trials (#875)

3:00 PM
Sally Woodhead RN

Returning to work following curative chemotherapy: a qualitative study. (#876)

3:00 PM
Stephanie Zrim

Developing patient resources for weight management in patients undergoing curative chemotherapy. (#877)

3:00 PM
Stephanie Zrim

The feasibility of an innovative combined nutrition and physical activity intervention for cancer survivors – preliminary results. (#878)

3:00 PM
Stephanie Zrim