Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of a program to assist people diagnosed with cancer to talk about and plan for future medical care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: cancer; Cancer - Any cancer

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615001333505
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Newcastle

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-12-07
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

People diagnosed with cancer, receiving care from participating oncology outpatient clinics; able to read and write English at a level that allows completion of surveys; able to provide informed consent; judged by service staff to be cognitively, emotionally and physically able to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

People whose primary language is other than English (LOTE); Children and/or young people (ie. <18 years); People with an intellectual or mental impairment. Participants under the age of 18 have been excluded as they are unable to give informed consent. While it would be of interest to include non-English speaking participants, they have been
excluded due to anticipated difficulties in responding to the written survey and using the intervention which will be produced in English only. Given informed consent is required as well as completing surveys and accessing web-based and audio-visual information (for the intervention group), people with an intellectual or mental impairment have also been excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Participants will self-report in the survey designed for the study about acceptability of the intervention components including: whether the letters and SMS prompts were useful; and whether the Start2Talk website and/or DVD was easy to understand. [2 months post-recruitment];Feasibility: number of times each of the intervention components was accessed (i.e. Start2Talk website, DVD, SMS prompts) as assessed using a self-report survey with patients. The survey was designed specifically for this study. Consent rates, attrition rates will also be assessed as a measure of feasibility.<br>[2 months post-recruitment]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ptake of advance care planning: <br>1) Proportion of patients who have appointed an enduring guardian (or equivalent) and/or completed an advance directive. Participants will be asked to respond yes/no/unsure. If the participants indicates yes, they will be asked to provide a time estimate of when this was done (last week/fortnight/month).<br>2) Proportion of patients who intend to appoint an enduring guardian (or equivalent) and/or completed an advance directive. Participants will be asked to respond yes/no/unsure. [2 months post-recruitment];Barriers to ACP: 12 items on patient knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in relation to advance care planning will be assessed using a self-report survey designed specifically for this study.[2 months post-recruitment]