TO STUDY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A HOME CARE MODEL IN PALLIATIVE CARE COORDINATED BY A NURSE
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C00-D49- Neoplasms
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/02/017457
- Lead Sponsor
- JEET ASSOCIATION FOR SUPPORT TO CANCER JASCAP
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients with advanced cancer (Any cancer).
2. Newly referred to Palliative Medicine outpatient department
3. Patient over the age of 18 years and able to provide informed consent, or, through
surrogates, if the patient is sick and not being able to provide consent.
4. The geographical area in greater Mumbai where regular home care services are
not provided: Mira, Bhayandar, Uttan, Dongri, Kashimira, Kasarvadavali, and parts of
Thane (West).
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients who do not agree with home-based care
2. Patients who do not have access to any local general practitioner
3.Patients for whom reliable contact number or method of communication are not
available.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary â?? <br/ ><br>Feasibility, adherence, and acceptability of the nurse coordinated home care modelTimepoint: monthly for a period of 1 year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. caregiver burden: Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) <br/ ><br>2. symptom control: Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) <br/ ><br>3. the severity of illness: Palliative Performance Scale (PPSv2) <br/ ><br>4. quality of life: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer <br/ ><br>(EORTC) QLQ-C15-PAL <br/ ><br>5. Recruitment and attrition from healthcare records <br/ ><br>6. Percentage of completed questionnaires returned <br/ ><br>7. Percentage of missing data in filled questionnaires <br/ ><br>8. Time needed to fill up the questionnairesTimepoint: monthly for a period of 1 year