Publications by authors named "Burkhard Lebert"
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most frequent cause of cancer death in the word. Which aspects of research into CRC should be accorded the highest priority remains unclear, because relevant stakeholders, such as patients, nurses, and physicians, played hardly any part in the development of research projects. The goal in forming the CRC Priority-Setting Partnership (PSP) was to bring all relevant stakeholders together to identify and prioritize unresolved research questions regarding the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of CRC.
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- A standardized method for developing quality indicators (QIs) based on clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) has been established in Germany, addressing the lack of uniformity in the process.
- The development of this QI Standard involved input from various stakeholders in the German healthcare system through a structured consensus process, utilizing the Delphi method for initial voting and a final conference to agree on recommendations.
- The resulting QI Standard includes 30 recommendations grouped into six categories, guiding the selection, development, appraisal, adoption, and testing of QIs within CPGs.
Goals Of Work: The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) and its effect on patients' ability to carry out daily life activities following moderately to highly emetogenic, first-cycle chemotherapy in routine practice in cancer centers of four different European countries.
Patients And Methods: This was a prospective, cross-sectional, nonrandomized, self-assessment study in 249 patients enrolled from cancer centers in Spain, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. The study population consisted of 78% women, with a mean age of 54.