The MuSt-PC: a Feasibility Study on Intent to Use a Tool With Regard to Symptom Management

NCT06110624 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 11265
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 70
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

A study on the intent to use a tool (MuSt-PC) to manage symptoms of patients in a palliative care trajectory.

Conditions

Palliative Medicine

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Questions evaluating Intention to Use (IU)

  Questions evaluating Intention to Use (IU) (7-point Likert scales)

  after 5 times use of the MuSt-PC tool within 3 months

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Questions evaluating other modified TAM domains

  after 5 times use of the MuSt-PC tool within 3 months

• Perceived benefits and disadvantages of using MuSt-PC

  after 5 times use within 3 months

• Suggestions to improve the MuSt-PC CDSS

  after 5 times of the MuSt-PC tool within 3 months

• An overview of the content of questions of participating GHCPs regarding MuSt-PC use.

  after 5 times use within 3 months

• Most useful elements of MuSt-PC will be evaluated with a multiple-choice question.

  after 5 times use within 3 months

Other Outcomes (1)

• A focus group meeting will be conducted if ≥20% of all participating GHCPs have insufficient intention to use MuSt-PC and/or perceive MuSt-PC insufficiently useful and/or perceive MuSt-PC insufficiently easy to use

  after 5 times use of the MuSt-PC tool within 3 months

Study Arms (1)

Arm 1

A targeted sample of healthcare providers (HCPs) who are not specialized in palliative care (GHCPs) constitutes the study population.

Other: Survey

Interventions

Survey OTHER

A survey study will be conducted to evaluate if GHCPs have the Intention to Use (IU) MuSt-PC in daily practice.

Arm 1

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

A targeted sample of healthcare providers (HCPs) who are not specialized in palliative care (GHCPs) constitutes the study population.

You may qualify if:

• Residents (in Dutch: Arts In Opleiding tot Specialist (AIOS) or Arts Niet In Opleiding tot Specialist (ANIOS)), medical specialists and nurse practitioners working in the following disciplines are invited to participate:
• General practice
• Nursing home
• Hospital:
• Clinical geriatrics
• Medical oncology
• Radiation oncology
• Pulmonology
• Cardiology

You may not qualify if:

• HCPs who were formally trained in palliative care ("kaderopleiding palliatieve zorg", "Masteropleiding Palliative Medicine for Health Care Professionals at Cardiff University" or "post-HBO opleiding palliatieve zorg") and/or who have been or are currently a consultant of a palliative care consultation team are considered specialists in palliative care, are excluded from participation.
• GHCPs (e.g. nurses) who cannot independently decide about CDSS recommendation adherence, including drug interventions, are excluded from participation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Medical Center Groningen: lead

Study Sites (2)

University Medical Center Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

Location

LUMC

Leiden, Netherlands

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

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

• An KL Reyners, MD, PhD

  University Medical Center Groningen

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 7, 2023
• First Posted: October 31, 2023
• Study Start: April 18, 2024
• Primary Completion: February 28, 2025
• Study Completion: February 28, 2025
• Last Updated: November 25, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-10

Locations

NL (2)