why raise awareness – to save lives?
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Why raise awareness – to save lives?. Why raise awareness – to reduce disability?. www.headsmart.org.uk. www.headsmart.org.uk. www.headsmart.org.uk. Acknowledgement. Ms Jo Fen Liu Miss Maya Sussman Dr Sophie Wilne Professor Richard Grundy Professor Colin Kennedy - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Why raise awareness – to save lives?
Why raise awareness – to reduce disability?
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Acknowledgement
• Ms Jo Fen Liu• Miss Maya Sussman• Dr Sophie Wilne• Professor Richard Grundy• Professor Colin Kennedy• Professor Jacqueline Collier• Dr William Whitehouse• Dr Gabby Chow
• Professor Michel Coleman • Dr Thomas Chu• London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine
• All Party Parliamentary Party Group• HEADSMART Clinical Champions• HEADSMART Project Team• Jan Dudley - Chair• Julia Trussler• Paul Carbury• Sarah Lindsell• Lucie Clough• Dr Peter Lachman• Ian Phillips• Dr Monica Lakhanpaul• Neil and Angela Dickson• HEADSMART Community Champions and
Volunteers
Sustainability
Public Awareness
Professional Awareness
Enhance the experience of consultation
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Sustainability
Professional Awareness - Confidence
How confident are you in your ability to recognise when a child might have a brain tumour?
Low?
Intermediate?
High?
How confident are you in your ability to recognise when a child might have a brain tumour?
Which of the following symptoms and signs do you think may occur in a child with a brain tumour?
Symptom : abnormal head position
HeadSmartHeadSmart Clinical Champions Clinical Champions
Median Symptom Interval
All patients 8.0 weeks (min 0, MAX 398.1) 1.8 months (min 0, MAX 91.6)Pre-launch 9.2 weeks (min 0, MAX 398.1) 2.1 months (min0, MAX 91.6)Post-launch 7.4 weeks (min 0, MAX 363.6) 1.7 months (min0, MAX 83.6)
Median Symptom Interval
All patients 8.0 weeks (min 0, MAX 398.1) 1.8 months (min 0, MAX 91.6)Pre-launch 9.2 weeks (min 0, MAX 398.1) 2.1 months (min0, MAX 91.6)Post-launch 7.4 weeks (min 0, MAX 363.6) 1.7 months (min0, MAX 83.6)
Symptom Interval by Month of Diagnosis (weeks)Symptom Interval by Month of Diagnosis (weeks)(Jan2011-Jan 2012, data extracted 30/01/2012)
P25 – Median – P75
Sample size <10
• Significant difference across 3 cohorts (Kruskal-Wallis test, p<0.01)
• No significant difference between pre- vs post-launch (Mann-Whitney U test,
p=0.136)
Median Symptom Interval (months)Median Symptom Interval (months)Multi-centre Studies in the UKMulti-centre Studies in the UK
P25 – Median- P75
30/01/201230/01/2012
Professional Awareness – Symptom Interval
What do you think is the average time from symptom interval currently experienced by children diagnosed with a brain
tumour in England?
<1 month1-2 month2-3 month3-4 month5-6 month>6 month
Professional Awareness – Symptom Interval
What do you think is the average time from symptom interval currently experienced by children diagnosed with a brain
tumour in England?
Delayed Diagnosis of Cancer: Thematic Review NPSA March 2010 / NRLS Groups 1 and 2
National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS)