The effectiveness of patient reported outcome (PRO) in palliative care units : a cluster randomized controlled trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Cancer patients admitted to the Palliative Care Unit
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000052877
- Lead Sponsor
- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 400
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with obvious disturbance of consciousness. 2. Patients who the physician or nurse practitioner determines are not appropriate for the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The Feeling Heard and Understood: FHU is a measure of trust between patients and health care providers in palliative care. FHU is evaluated at admission, one week, and two weeks , and the amount of change over time in the mean of the observation and PRO utilization periods are compared.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcome measures included changes in healthcare providers' perceptions of patient-centered care before and after utilization of PROs, and changes in patients' quality of life from the time of admission to 2 weeks after admission.