Needs Assessment Evaluating Quality of Life Issues for Gastroparesis Patients and Caregivers

Terminated

• Conditions: Gastroparesis

• Registration Number: NCT01329211
• Lead Sponsor: University of Florida

Brief Summary

The project will involve conducting a Needs Assessment for Gastroparesis patients and their caregivers with the goal of identifying quality of life issues associated with this disease. Identifying these issues will ameliorate management and support systems for gastroparesis currently existent in the community and, hopefully, provide information for the establishment of more resources to assist the patients and their families.

Detailed Description

This project will involve: a) distributing questionnaires to up to 200 participants (100 patients and 100 caregivers) at the Shands Gastrointestinal clinic and b) focus groups including patients, medical provider, and the clinic case manager. The questionnaires will provide information on the relative effect of gastroparesis on the quality of life of the patients and their caregivers. Assessment of this needs assessment will then help identify areas of potential resource improvement and mobilization to provide support for the patients and their family members.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-01
• Study First Submitted: 2011-03-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-04-01
• Study First Posted: 2011-04-05
• Primary Completion: 2013-02
• Study Completion: 2013-02
• Status Verified: 2013-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-05-17
• Last Update Posted: 2013-05-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 68

Inclusion Criteria

• Gastroparesis patients at the GI clinic of Shands Hospital at the University of Florida
• Caregivers to Gastroparesis patients at the GI clinic of Shands Hospital at the University of Florida

Exclusion Criteria

• Inability to fill out the questionnaires by any cause

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Score in a Quality of life assessment Questionnaire	During the clinicial visit at the day of enrollment(Day 1)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Score in a Quality of life assessment Questionnaire	4th(last) follow-up, At 24 months form date of enrollment

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Florida; 🇺🇸 Gainesville, Florida, United States