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Perception of Palliative Care Encounter

NCT02558257 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 209

Last updated 2021-04-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Objectives:

Primary Objective The primary objective is to determine patients' perceptions of the timeliness of their referral to an outpatient palliative care clinic.

The secondary objectives are to determine:

1. The factors and variables associated with perception of timeliness such as age, gender, and symptom distress
2. The patients' perceptions of the physical environment of the outpatient clinic at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC) such as lighting, music, and lack of a waiting room; and
3. If there is an association between level of distress (physical, psychological, and spiritual distress as measured by Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) and the usefulness of the referral to palliative care center.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Survey

Participants complete palliative care survey within 1 week +/- 4 days of initial consultation via phone survey conducted by Research nurse/assistant.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Angelique N. Wong, MD · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-08-16
Primary Completion
2021-04-07
Completion
2021-04-07

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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