Effect of Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) online lecture series to improve the quality of Palliative care services in lower middle income countries- Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and India
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C00-D49- Neoplasms
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/02/039951
- Lead Sponsor
- M D Anderson Cancer Centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Patient:
1) Scheduled to receive treatment at participating primary care practice for advanced cancer.
2) 18 years or older
3) Willing to be accessible to the research team for follow-up by telephone or in person
4)Prognosis of at least 1 year as ascertained by the treating physician
5)Able to read and understand English as assessed by the treating physician.
Caregiver:
1)Identified or self-identified as primary caregiver of the patient
2) Willing to be accessible to the research team for follow-up by telephone or in person
3) 18 years or older
4) Able to read and understand English as assessed by the treating physician.
ECHO Participant:
1) Participant must be a health care provider interested to participate in the study for 2 years and understand the protocol and provide consent.
2) Able to read and understand English as assessed by PI
1) Unable to understand and sign consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate the effects of Project ECHO on patient-reported quality of life [QOL] (as assessed by the change in Functional Assessment of Cancer Illness Therapy FACT-G) in seriously ill patients of providers receiving ECHO Model-Based comprehensive educational and telementoring intervention (ECHO-Palliative Care, or ECHO-PCT).Timepoint: 0 months, 4 months, 8 months, 12 months, 16 months, 20 months, 24months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method