The project
The project is about understanding people’s scan and scan anxiety experiences. Caitlin Lusted and the team are interested in the views of those with and without scanxiety, in order to gain a whole view of how people experience scans.
They will look at the care and support needs during scans to see what can be done to improve scan anxiety experiences. The project will also help to identify interventions that can help improve scan anxiety, as well as raising awareness of scanxiety
What are you going to do?
There are 3 stages to the study: the first stage is an online survey which will be followed by the second stage which is an interview with a researcher. The survey will ask questions about people’s experiences of scans and from there the survey answers will be explored in more detail in the interviews.
The final stage of the study will be focus groups which will have discussions with researchers, patients, carers and healthcare professionals to find out what can be done to help manage the scanxiety that is experienced.
Why is this research important?
The study is important to gain a greater understanding of scans and scanxiety for adults with pancreatic cancer and raise awareness of scanxiety. It is also important as it will help identify interventions that can be put in place to manage and improve scanxiety experiences.
No scientific background or prior experience is needed to take part in this opportunity.
Next steps
The survey is open now, if you would like to complete the survey please click the link below:
If you would like more information or have any questions about the survey, please email Caitlin (clusted1@sheffield.ac.uk) quoting the involvement reference ‘RIN Survey’.
