Improving Patient Education for Newly Diagnosed Lymphoma and Acute Leukemia Inpatients
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Emory University
- Enrollment
- 78
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale (QDTS) Score
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a structured, DVD educational intervention about what to expect during inpatient treatment of a newly diagnosed cancer. The focus of the study will be newly diagnosed lymphoma and acute leukemia patients and their family members. Outcome variables will be the patient and family member's satisfaction with inpatient teaching and anxiety about inpatient treatment.
Detailed Description
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a structured, DVD educational intervention about what to expect during inpatient treatment of a newly diagnosed cancer. The focus of the study will be newly diagnosed lymphoma and acute leukemia patients and their family members. Outcome variables will be the patient and family member's satisfaction with inpatient teaching and anxiety about inpatient treatment.
The experimental group will watch a DVD educational presentation of information about unit routines and activities; leukemia/lymphoma; treatment modalities and procedures; treatment of side effects; and patient and family members activities of importance to prevent infection and promote well-being during cancer treatment.
Participants in the control group will receive usual educational teaching by their assigned nursing staff.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •For participants admitted for suspect diagnosis of leukemia or lymphoma:
- •Admission to the hematology/leukemia unit (6E) at Emory University Hospital with a suspected or actual new diagnosis of leukemia or lymphoma within the past 24 hours
- •English-speaking
- •Completed education to at least the 6th grade level
- •No significant auditory or visual deficits with corrective devices
- •No central nervous system involvement of disease
- •Physiologically stable
- •Not at end of life
- •No alterations in mental status
- •Agrees to family member (family member; significant other; friend) participation in study and to selecting the individual who could participate
- •For Family Members:
- •Willing to view DVD and read education booklet
- •Selected by patient to participate
- •English speaking
- •No significant auditory or visual deficits with corrective devices
- •No alterations in mental status
- •Completed education to at least the 6th grade level
Exclusion Criteria
- •At end of life
- •Altered mental status
- •Significant auditory or visual deficits with corrective devices
Arms & Interventions
DVD Structured Education
Participants in this group will watch an educational DVD in addition to standard teaching by nursing staff.
Intervention: Structured Education DVD + Verbal Teaching (Other)
DVD Structured Education
Participants in this group will watch an educational DVD in addition to standard teaching by nursing staff.
Intervention: Verbal Teaching (Other)
Standard Educational Teaching
Participants in this group will receive educational teaching by their assigned nursing staff.
Intervention: Verbal Teaching (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale (QDTS) Score
Time Frame: Post Educational Teaching (Up to 30 minutes)
Overall satisfaction will be measured with the Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale (QDTS).The QDTS is a 24 item survey to evaluate all of the teaching received by patients during their hospitalization prior to discharge. Each item on the survey is rated on a 0 to 10 numeric scale, with 0 representing an item was not addressed and 10 representing an item addressed a great deal. For each aspect of education or information being evaluated, participant are asked to rate the content of the education, as well as the delivery of the content.
Secondary Outcomes
- Visual analog scale (VAS) Score(Post Educational Teaching (Up to 30 minutes))
Investigators
Christina Peters
Advanced Practitioner
Emory University