A Randomized Controlled Trial of Communication Strategies to Introduce Psychology Services in the Palliative Care Setting
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Malignant Neoplasms of Independent (Primary) Multiple Sites
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Enrollment
- 101
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Participant's Video Preference of Strategies in Introducing Psychology Services in a Palliative Care Setting
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this research study is to learn about advanced cancer patients' preferences about how psychology services are introduced.
This is an investigational study.
Up to 110 participants will be enrolled in this study. All will take part at MD Anderson.
Detailed Description
If you agree to take part in this study, during an already-scheduled office visit, you will complete 3 questionnaires about your symptoms, your emotional health, and if you have ever participated in psychiatric or psychology services. These questionnaires should take about 9 minutes to complete. All participants will watch 2 short videos. The videos show actors playing a doctor, counselor, and patient, discussing psychology service options. Each video is about 1 minute and 30 seconds long and will discuss the same material, but the content of each video will be different. The order in which they are presented will be randomly assigned (as in the flip of a coin). You will have an equal chance of seeing either video first. After you watch the second video, you will complete 3 questionnaires about whether you think 1 of the videos was better than the other, and about your attitude toward psychology services. These questionnaires should take about 4 minutes to complete. Length of Study: It should take about 16 minutes to watch both videos and to complete all questionnaires. Your participation on this study will be over after you have completed the last questionnaire. Other Information: We will ask your caregiver(s) to leave the room while the videos are played. In case they decide to stay, we will ask them to keep silent.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age \>/= 18 years-old
- •Can speak, read, and understand English
- •Diagnosis of locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic disease
- •Patients treated as outpatients by the supportive and palliative care team
- •Normal cognitive status as determined by the interviewer based on the ability to understand the nature of the study and consent process
Exclusion Criteria
- •Previous psychological counseling received in supportive care department
- •Patients with severe symptom distress as assessed by nursing staff
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Participant's Video Preference of Strategies in Introducing Psychology Services in a Palliative Care Setting
Time Frame: Day 1
Participants asked the preference to the introduction of counselor. The possible answers are The First Video, The Second Video, Neither, or No Difference. The actual content of the answers will be decoded by the study team at the end of the study to "Counselor Alone" or "MD + Counselor" depending on each patient's assigned arm.