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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria of adolescents, parent(s) and paediatric oncologists

From: Advance care planning for adolescents with cancer and their parents: study protocol of the BOOST pACP multi-centre randomised controlled trial and process evaluation

Inclusion criteria (combined by ‘AND’)

Exclusion criteria (combined by ‘OR’)

Adolescent

 Aged between 10 and 18 years

Participated in the feasibility test

 Diagnosis of cancer ≥3 months prior to inclusion

Intellectual disabilities to an extent that general communication is very difficult, or serious mental health problems to an extent that the extra effort of participating in the study is not justified (estimated by the paediatric oncologist and psychologist)

 Aware of, or informed about, cancer diagnosis according to parent(s)

Life expectancy ≤3 months

 Receiving active treatment in a paediatric oncology ward

Not receiving active treatment (last treatment was more than 3 months ago)

 Fluent Dutch language understanding

 

Parent(s)

 Aware of, or informed about the diagnosis of their child according to the clinician

Participated in the feasibility test

 Fluent Dutch language understanding

Intellectual disabilities to an extent that general communication is very difficult, or serious mental health problems to an extent that the extra effort of participating in the study is not justified (estimated by the paediatric oncologist and psychologist)

Paediatric oncologist

 Medically involved in the treatment of the adolescent, indicated by the family to be the oncologist with whom the family has most contact about treatment

 

 Fluent Dutch language understanding

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