Visual Communication: Can a Digital Tool Improve the Understanding of Treatment Options for Patients With Cancer and Increase Satisfaction of the Overall Experience for Patients, Caregivers, and Providers?
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 86
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Percentage of "Satisfied" Patients
研究概览
简要总结
This is a study in patients with newly diagnosed cancer to prospectively evaluate the feasibility of integration of a visual communication tool for patients/caregivers/providers by determining whether such a tool can increase overall satisfaction with the patient experience.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 100 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Patients seen in consultation from 12/1/2024-6/1/2025
- •Patients aged 18 years to 100 years old
- •Patients with a malignancy of breast or head and neck
- •English speaking patients
- •Patients being treated with definitive intent
- •Patients treated at NYU Langone Health for their malignancy
- •Willing and able to provide consent
- •Caregivers:
- •Any adult caregiver(s) (aged 18 years to 100 years old) to a patient who fulfills the inclusion and
排除标准
- •Willing and able to provide consent
- •Doctors and nurse practitioners in medical oncology and radiation oncology, and in the ear nose throat (ENT) department.
- •Willing and able to provide consent
- •aged 18 years to 100 years old
- •Exclusion Criteria:
- •Patients with any other site of disease other than listed above
- •Non-English-speaking patients, as the tool is currently available in English only. Translation into additional languages such as Spanish and Russian is currently in process.
- •Patient unable to complete the survey portion of the study independently
- •Caregivers:
- •Unable to complete the survey portion of the study independently
研究组 & 干预措施
Patients (and caregivers) recently diagnosed with cancer
Enrolled patients will receive a tool during the patient consultation encounter to explain their disease location and stage, role of radiation, logistics of radiation treatment delivery and sequencing of treatment. Following the encounter, a survey will be provided.
If patients are accompanied by a caregiver(s), they will also receive a survey.
干预措施: Visual Communication Tool (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Percentage of "Satisfied" Patients
时间窗: Day 0
Patients will take a 9-item survey assessing satisfaction with the intervention. Each item is rated as "Yes" or "No." The total score is the sum of "Yes" responses; patients with 6 or more "Yes" answers out of 9 questions are defined as "Satisfied" patients.
次要结局
- Percentage of "Satisfied" Caregivers(Day 0)
- Percentage of "Satisfied" Providers(Day 0)