The Impact of Paramedic Training in Simulation on the Experience of Patients Treated for Malignant Brain Tumors in Neurosurgery
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Brest
- Enrollment
- 250
- Locations
- 11
- Primary Endpoint
- Measuring patient satisfaction following the discovery of a brain tumor.
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to demonstrate that simulation training for paramedical staff in neurosurgery departments, in announcing and accompanying patients with a brain tumor, improves patient satisfaction when a (potentially malignant) brain tumor is discovered, compared with usual care.
The main question it aims to answer is:
- Are patients more satisfied (as measured by scores on the EORCT IN-PATSAT32 questionnaire) with their neurosurgical hospitalization following the discovery of a brain tumor in centers where paramedics have been trained by simulation?
Researchers will compare the results of the EORTC IN-PATSAT32 questionnaire to determine whether paramedic training improves patient satisfaction between simulation-trained and untrained centers.
Participants will be asked to complete the EORT IN-PATSAT32 questionnaire at the end of their hospital stay.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patient over 18 years of age
- •Patient covered by a social security scheme
- •Patient signed informed consent form
- •Patient found to have a brain tumor (potentially malignant, primary or secondary if this is the mode of entry into the disease)
- •Hospitalization in the Neurosurgery Department at the time of tumor discovery, before the histological diagnosis is announced.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients with a personal history of cancer
- •Patient without family AND unable to receive information
Arms & Interventions
Standard of care
Centers whose paramedics will not follow the training proposed by the study.
Paramedic training
Centers whose paramedics will benefit from the training proposed by the study.
Intervention: Paramedic training (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Measuring patient satisfaction following the discovery of a brain tumor.
Time Frame: The day of discharge from neurosurgery, on average 8 days (between 1 days and 15 days)
Measurement of patient satisfaction following the discovery of a brain tumor via scores obtained, at the end of their neurosurgical hospitalization, in response to the EORCT IN-PATSAT32 (European Organisation of Research and Treatment of Cancer IN PATient SATisfaction 32) questionnaire, whose dimensions of interest are ordered as follows for hierarchical analysis: 1. SATNIS = nurses interpersonal skills 2. SATNIP = nurses information provision 3. SATNAV = nurses availability 4. SATNTS = nurses technical skills, 5. SATGEN = overall quality rating All of the scales and single-item measures range in score from 0 to 100. A high score represents a high level of satisfaction with care.
Secondary Outcomes
- Measuring Caregivers' Experiences/Quality of Life at Work(Day 0 and Month 6)
- Measurement of caregivers' listening skills.(Day 0, after training and Month 6)
- Measuring communication within the paramedical team(Day 0 and Month 6)
- Measuring communication between paramedical and medical teams.(Day 0 and Month 6)
- Measurement of patients' experiences following the discovery of a brain tumor via scores obtained (other questionnaire items)(The day of discharge from neurosurgery, on average 8 days (between 1 days and 15 days))
- Measuring patients' feelings(The day of discharge from neurosurgery, on average 8 days (between 1 days and 15 days))
- Measuring Caregivers' Experiences/Quality of Life at Work(Day 0 and Month 6)
- Measuring communication within the paramedical team(Day 0 and Month 6)
- Measurement of caregivers' listening skills.(Day 0, after training and Month 6)
- Measuring communication between paramedical and medical teams.(Day 0 and Month 6)