Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO)-Based Palliative and Hospice Care Practice: A Qualitative Study

NCT00878267 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2008-0840
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 9
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this research study is to collect information to plan how to design a computer program for cancer patients receiving palliative care, their caregivers, and doctors and nurses who work in palliative care. Researchers want to learn how to make this program practical for use by future patients, caregivers, doctors, and nurses.

Conditions

Advanced Cancer

Keywords

Cancer; Computer Program; Palliative Care; Patient-Reported Outcomes; PRO; Palliative and Hospice Care Practice; Electronic Health Record; EHR; Interview

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Define Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO)-based Palliative/Hospice Care Model Integrating PRO Results with Evidence-based Treatment Guidelines and Pathways to Care

  Through focused interviews with specific tasks: review PRO domains and questionnaires for the care mode; review user interface design and work flow; discuss user expectations of the system to assess the usability of a system's user interface design.

  2 Years

Study Arms (1)

Interview

Behavioral: Interview

Interventions

Interview BEHAVIORAL

3 step process including person to person meeting and questionnaires taking about 30 minutes.

Also known as: Survey

Interview

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) cancer patients, 21 years of age or older, receiving palliative care, their caregivers, and UT MDACC physicians and nurses who work in palliative care.

You may qualify if:

• All patient/caregiver participants will be adults 21 years of age or older.
• Patient participants will be palliative care cancer patients and their caregivers.
• Participating patients should be receiving palliative care at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
• Patient must be able to speak, read and write English
• Physician and nurse experts in palliative care will be eligible for participation on the study's expert panel. (For study purposes, a physician or nurse expert is defined as a physician or nurse with a minimum of four years experience working in a palliative care setting.
• Physician and nurse experts will be eligible for participation in study interviews if they have a minimum of four years experience working in a palliative care setting.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who are not able to self-report their symptom status using either paper-and-pencil or electronic tools.
• Patients or caregivers who do not agree to sign the study's informed consent document.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Location

Related Links

• UT MD Anderson Cancer Center website

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neoplasms

Interventions

Interviews as Topic; Surveys and Questionnaires

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Michael A. Kallen, PhD

  UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 7, 2009
• First Posted: April 8, 2009
• Study Start: March 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2011
• Study Completion: September 1, 2011
• Last Updated: September 21, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-09

Locations

US (1)