Study Design~The aim of this study is to develop a radiotherapy comfort intervention package with patients and therapeutic radiographers.~The objectives are to:~Objective 1 - Identify and prioritise intervention components for inclusion in recommendations for a radiotherapy comfort intervention package.~Objective 2 - Determine the feasibility of delivering the component of the radiotherapy comfort intervention package.~Modified nominal group technique (NGT) will employed to develop recommendations for a comfort intervention package in radiotherapy in a consensus study with patients and therapeutic radiographers. This study follows earlier phases of the COMFORT study which included a systematic literature review of comfort interventions applicable to radiotherapy and qualitative interviews exploring comfort management in radiotherapy.~Study Participants~Patients~The inclusion criteria are: 1) diagnosed with a malignancy; 2) aged over 18 years owing to different treatment options for children and young adults; 3) recently referred for radiotherapy, currently receiving treatment or had had radiotherapy within the previous 3 months; 4) treatment delivery time exceeding 10 minutes (the time the patient is immobilised on the radiotherapy couch).~Therapeutic radiographers~The inclusion criteria are: 1) practicing radiographers; 2) administering radiotherapy with treatment delivery times exceeding 10 minutes per radiotherapy treatment session (the time the patient is immobilised on the radiotherapy couch).~The consensus study will be conducted by video conference.~Planned Size of Sample (if applicable)~6-12 participants (4-9 Patients and 2-3 Therapeutic radiographers)~Follow up duration (if applicable)~Follow up is not planned.~Planned Study Period~6 months~Research Question/Aim(s)~The aim of this study is to develop recommendations for a radiotherapy comfort intervention with patients and therapeutic radiographers.
A consensus study using nominal group technique is planned to develop recommendations for a comfort intervention package for radiotherapy with patients and therapeutic radiographers. This includes completed work from a systematic literature review (Prospero 59688) of comfort interventions applicable to radiotherapy and qualitative interviews (NCT03984435) with patients and therapeutic radiographers exploring comfort management in radiotherapy.