Cancer Patients' Medication Knowledge in the Emergency Center

NCT00385476 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2003-0526
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 308
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of the study is to learn about patients' knowledge of their medications in an outpatient acute care setting (such as the M. D. Anderson Emergency Center) and to learn about any clinical factors that affect patients' knowledge of their medications.

Conditions

Advanced Cancer

Keywords

Advanced Cancer; Medication Knowledge; Emergency Center; Questionnaire; Survey

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Patients' knowledge of their medications in an outpatient acute care setting (such as the M. D. Anderson Emergency Center).

  4 Years

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Results of the Patient Medication Knowledge Tool (Questionnaire)

  4 Years

Study Arms (1)

Patient Medication Knowledge Tool

Assessment of Cancer patients' knowledge of their medications in an outpatient acute care setting

Behavioral: PMKT Questionnaire

Interventions

PMKT Questionnaire BEHAVIORAL

Patient Medication Knowledge Tool - Questionnaire entailing the medications the patient is currently taking.

Patient Medication Knowledge Tool

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Study participants admitted to the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Emergency Center.

You may qualify if:

• Patients admitted to the Emergency Center
• Patients must be able to read and write English
• Patients must agree to participate and sign informed consent
• Patients 16 years or above. (Age limit explained below)
• Patients must be able to complete the survey tool. They may have help from a caregiver in transcribing the information but the caregiver can not fill the tool independent of the patient. A research assistant will be trained to discriminate whether a caregiver is acting as a scriber or independently completing the tool. If the caregiver completes the tool independently, the patient will be excluded from the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients with altered mental status and those with an acute, emergent illness and hemodynamic instability (Examples: status epileptics, sepsis, and cardiac arrest)
• Employees of the institution with work-related injuries
• Visitors who are non-cancer patients
• Patients transferred directly from another hospital
• Patients will be excluded after their first enrollment during the study period. (Can only be enrolled once though may have multiple Emergency Center visits during study time frame).
• Patients will be excluded if all prescribed medications are filled at an external pharmacy and this pharmacy is not accessible.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Location

Related Links

• UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Study Officials

• Carmen Escalante, MD

  M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 5, 2006
• First Posted: October 9, 2006
• Study Start: August 1, 2005
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2009
• Study Completion: February 1, 2009
• Last Updated: August 1, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-07

Locations

US (1)