Use of CAM by Hospice Oncology Patients During Ambulatory Palliative Care

Completed

• Conditions: Complementary Alternative Medicine; Hospice Care; Complementary Alternative Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT03747172
• Lead Sponsor: Silesian University of Medicine

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to assess Prevalence of complementary and alternative therapy use by adult patients from the area of Silesian agglomeration (Poland) with advanced, metastatic cancer disease who were admitted to "Pro Salute" Hospice for ambulatory palliative care between July 2017 and September 2018

Detailed Description

The research team developed the CAT (complementary and alternative therapy) screening tool to obtain information about CAM use from patients. The screening tool was based on a The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM) classification of CAM. CAT were grouped into five main categories: (1) biologically based therapies , (2) mind/body therapies, (3) manipulative and body-based therapies, (4) Energy therapies and (5) alternative medical systems.

The questionaire was tailored to meet the objectives of this study and to be adjusted to hospice patients specifics. It was piloted on the group of 25 patients, resulting in some vocabulary changes. The final questionnaire consists of 25 multiple-choice, semi-structured questions and takes about 15 min to complete. For each general CAM category the detailed information was collected on the type of specific therapy that was used. Patients were considered as CAM users if they have used at least one therapy from at least one of the categories during the period of 12 months prior to the screening. Patients were asked to specify the reasons for CAT usage, experienced effects of the therapy, stage at which patients considered using CAM

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-06-12
• Primary Completion: 2018-09-12
• Study Completion: 2018-09-12
• Study First Submitted: 2018-10-23
• Status Verified: 2018-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-11-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-11-15
• Study First Posted: 2018-11-20
• Last Update Posted: 2018-11-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1004

Inclusion Criteria

• adult patients from the area of Silesian agglomeration (Poland) with advanced, metastatic cancer disease who were admitted to "Pro Salute" Hospice for ambulatory palliative care between July 2017 and September 2018

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients were excluded from the survey if they presented cognitive disturbances disabling credible answers in the questionnaire

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Variation of prevalence of biologically Energy therapies	14 months	Presence and quantity of patients using Energy therapies - The research team developed the CAT screening tool based on a The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM) classification of CAM. Questionnaire consists of 25 multiple-choice, semi-structured questions and gives the result in the form of a percentage
Variation of prevalence of biologically based therapies	14 months	Presence and quantity of patients using biologically based therapies - The research team developed the CAT screening tool based on a The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM) classification of CAM. Questionnaire consists of 25 multiple-choice, semi-structured questions and gives the result in the form of a percentage
Variation of prevalence of mind/body therapies	14 months	Presence and quantity of patients using mind/body therapies - The research team developed the CAT screening tool based on a The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM) classification of CAM. Questionnaire consists of 25 multiple-choice, semi-structured questions and gives the result in the form of a percentage
Variation of prevalence of complementary and alternative therapy use by hospice patients	14 months	Presence and quantity of patients using any CAM therapies -The research team developed the CAT screening tool based on a The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM) classification of CAM. Questionnaire consists of 25 multiple-choice, semi-structured questions and gives the result in the form of a percentage
Variation of prevalence of manipulative and body-based therapies	14 months	Presence and quantity of patients using manipulative and body-based therapies - The research team developed the CAT screening tool based on a The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM) classification of CAM. Questionnaire consists of 25 multiple-choice, semi-structured questions and gives the result in the form of a percentage
Variation of prevalence of alternative medical systems	14 months	Presence and quantity of patients using alternative medical systems - The research team developed the CAT screening tool based on a The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM) classification of CAM. Questionnaire consists of 25 multiple-choice, semi-structured questions and gives the result in the form of a percentage

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

PZZOZ Będzin; 🇵🇱 Będzin, Poland