Evaluating a shared care pathway intervention for people receiving chemotherapy to reduce post-treatment unplanned hospital presentations: a randomised controlled trial.

Purpose: The aim of this randomised controlled trial (RCT) was to explore whether a community nursing intervention for outpatients receiving systemic therapy reduced unplanned hospital presentations and improved physical and psychosocial health outcomes over the first three cycles of treatment compared to a control group receiving standard care.

Methods: The number of and reasons for unplanned presentations were obtained for 170 intervention and 176 control group adult patients with solid tumours starting outpatient chemotherapy. Poisson regression was used to compare the number of presentations between the intervention and control groups.

Factors impacting resident outcomes from COVID-19 outbreaks in Residential Aged Care Facilities in Sydney Local Health District: testing an infection prevention and control scoring system.

Background: COVID-19 outbreaks have disproportionately affected Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) around the world, with devastating impacts for residents and their families. Many factors such as community prevalence, facility layout, and infection control practices have been linked to resident outcomes. At present, there are no scoring systems designed to quantify these factors and assess their level of association with resident attack rates and mortality rates.

Patient perceptions of a community-based intervention designed to provide support post administration of anti-cancer systemic treatments: A qualitative evaluation.

Purpose: This paper reports on patient participant experiences of a larger randomised controlled trial evaluating a shared-care pathway intervention designed to support outpatients at home during their first three cycles of systemic anti-cancer therapies delivered in two large tertiary hospitals in Sydney, Australia. This qualitative study explores the perspectives of patient participants who received the intervention, which involved targeted home visits by community nurses post treatment administration.

Methods: A qualitative inductive thematic analysis was used to examine data from semi-structured interviews with patients who received the intervention.