Enhancing Palliative Care
- Conditions
- Cancer
- Registration Number
- PACTR201801002977974
- Lead Sponsor
- Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Consenting adults (>/=18 years)
Cancer outpatients referred to and enrolled with Pain and Palliative Care Unit of study hospital.
Either rural dwellers living in villages surrounding or distant to the hospital or reside outside the state (Enugu) where the hospital is domiciled.
Required to speak and read English or have a family caregiver living with them who speaks and reads English.
Required to have a minimum educational level of primary school education or have at least one (1) family caregiver with minimum of primary school education.
Possess a mobile phone or the ability to use a mobile phone or family caregiver with mobile phone or ability to use a mobile phone.
Access to mobile network in place of abode.
Access to electricity in their abode.
Patients who are unable to meet the above criteria
Paediatric patients
Patient who refused to being enrolled into the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Impact on palliative care delivery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life;Patient satisfaction with care;Family caregiver satisfaction