In 2020 the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) published a position statement on cancer-related malnutrition and sarcopenia. The document outlines the position of COSA on the role of health professionals and health services in recognising and treating patients with cancer-related malnutrition and sarcopenia.
About the toolkit
Toolkit purpose
This toolkit is intended for use by clinicians and health services to train clinicians, develop the services required and advocate for resources to support optimal management of cancer-related malnutrition and sarcopenia.
How the toolkit was developed
The toolkit was developed by members of the COSA cancer-related malnutrition and sarcopenia working group.
Resources were iteratively developed and refined over several workshops with working group members and clinicians. Once developed, the toolkit underwent usability and acceptability testing via an end-user review with multidisciplinary clinicians from across Australia. The toolkit was then further refined based on feedback from this review.
The toolkit was funded by an educational grant from Abbott Australasia.
Enhancements to the toolkit
Next steps
This project forms stage 1 of a larger planned staged implementation process to develop a toolkit to support implementation of the COSA position statement on cancer-related malnutrition and sarcopenia and evaluate the outcomes of implementation.
The project is planned to be a staged implementation process conducted over three stages:
Stage 1: Develop and disseminate toolkit content to support screening and assessment of cancer-related malnutrition and sarcopenia
Stage 2: Develop and disseminate toolkit content to support treatment and transition of care of cancer-related malnutrition and sarcopenia
Stage 3: Evaluate implementation of the toolkit via a pilot test in 2-3 health services and a survey of cancer clinicians
Feedback from users
We welcome feedback from toolkit users. If you have any comments or suggestions to improve the toolkit please email [email protected].
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