Meaningful contextual communication in cancer care
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Increasing meaningful contextual communication between multidisciplinary palliative care teams, patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers.Cancer
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN14737915
- Lead Sponsor
- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 800
Inclusion Criteria
Adult (>18 years of age) patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers under treatment of included multidisciplinary teams in palliative care
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with intellectual disabilities
2. Children
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Observational pre-study: current practice, perspectives, cultures measured amongst HCPs, patients, family caregivers and relevant experts using interviews (N=80 per stakeholder group)<br><br> Main interventional study:<br> 2. Experiences of HCPs, patients and their family caregivers with current care measured using interviews at baseline (T0) and 3-6 months post-intervention (T1)<br> 3. Contextual communication measured in audio-taped consultations using 4C coding, at baseline (T0) and 3-6 months post-intervention (T1)<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. HCP competence measured using questionnaire (SCCS), at baseline (T0) and 3-6 months post-intervention (T1)<br> 2. HCP job satisfaction measured using questionnaire (NEXT study), at baseline (T0) and 3-6 months post-intervention (T1)<br> 3. Patient QoL measured using questionnaires (EQ5D-5L, FACIT-Sp, ICECAP-SCM) at baseline (T0) and 3-6 months post-intervention (T1)<br> 4. Family caregiver burden measured using questionnaire (CRA) at baseline (T0) and 3-6 months post-intervention (T1)<br> 5. Costs measured using consultation length and questionnaire (RUD) at baseline (T0) and 3-6 months post-intervention (T1)<br>