Table 1.
Schedule of assessment measures
| First week of radiotherapy | Last week of radiotherapy | Four weeks after | Twelve weeks after | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary outcome | ||||
| Nutritional status assessment: PG-SGA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Secondary outcomes | ||||
| Depression: PHQ-9 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quality of life: EORTC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quality adjusted life years: EORTC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Covariates | ||||
| Therapeutic alliance: dietitian ARM-5 (clinician) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Therapeutic alliance: client ARM-5 (client) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Nicotine dependence: FTND | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Alcohol dependence: AUDIT | ✓ | |||
| Alcohol use: AUDIT-consumption | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Smoking: biochemical validation expired carbon monoxide |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Dysphagia: Australian standard of food texture | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Chart audit | ✓ | ✓ | ||
ARM-5, Agnew Relationship Measure—Five Item Version; AUDIT, The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; EORTC, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer; FTND, The Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence; PG-SGA, Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment; PHQ-9, The Patient Health Questionnaire 9.