Use of a Video Decision Tool to Improve Informed Decision-Making in Hospitalized Patients Considering Palliative Radiation Therapy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 43
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- create an effective video decision aid
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness and acceptability of a recently created informative video geared for patients who have been evaluated by a radiation oncologist for palliative radiation therapy during a hospitalization at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Palliative radiation therapy is radiation therapy that is given to patients with the purpose of easing symptoms from cancer. It is not given with the intent to cure the cancer. The video presents basic information about palliative radiation and palliative care.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Only
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Age ≥18 years
- •Eligible for palliative radiation to the brain, spine, chest, abdomen, pelvis, skin, or bone as per the judgment of the radiation oncologist or nurse practitioner
- •Patient is English-speaking and able to give informed consent and fill out study questionnaires
- •Hospitalized at MSKCC
- •Pathologically confirmed malignancy
- •Cancer is metastatic or locally advanced, and is not curable
- •Patients who may undergo radiation at a satellite facility are still eligible for protocol enrollment
排除标准
- •Those who have seen the video beforehand
结局指标
主要结局
create an effective video decision aid
时间窗: 1 year
Effectiveness of the video tool will be assessed by the following measures before and after watching the video. The pre- and post-assessment design comparing uncertainty, knowledge and preference scores of a video explaining palliative radiation and palliative care.
次要结局
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