Perception of Supportive Care Patients and Caregivers Who Are Seen in the Outpatient Supportive/Palliative Care Center Regarding the Preference of Room Setting and Waiting Time
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中（未招募）
- 入组人数
- 406
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Preference of exam room over waiting room as soon as checking in until the nurse is ready for a patient assessed using questionnaire
研究概览
简要总结
This trial studies the preference of room setting and waiting time in patients with cancer that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes or other places in the body and their caregivers who are seen in the outpatient supportive/palliative care center. Room setting preferences of patients and caregivers may help to understand their opinion regarding direct rooming system in the outpatient supportive/palliative care center.
详细描述
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine patients and caregivers preferences regarding the rooming process in outpatient supportive palliative care clinic, measured by the preference to exam room versus waiting area.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Patients and caregiver perceptions regarding room setting and waiting time in the outpatient supportive care clinic.
II. Extent/experience of team contact in the outpatient supportive care clinic. III. The factors associated with rooming preferences such as age, gender, symptom distress and performance status.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Patient: Have advanced cancer, defined as locally advanced, metastatic or incurable disease.
- •Patient: Seen at University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC) outpatient Supportive Care Center for consultation (first visit).
- •Patient: Provided informed consent.
- •Patient: Can read and speak English or Spanish.
- •Patient: Has a consenting caregiver at the time of the Supportive Care consultation visit.
- •Caregiver: Provided informed consent.
- •Caregiver: Can read and speak English or Spanish.
- •Caregiver: Must be with consenting patient at the time of the Supportive Care consultation visit.
排除标准
- •Patient: Delirium diagnosed by palliative care physician or nurse and/or Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) >= 7 or dementia.
- •Patient: Inability to read and speak English or Spanish.
- •Patient: No caregiver at the time of Supportive Care consultation visit.
- •Caregiver: Inability to read and speak English or Spanish.
研究组 & 干预措施
Supportive Care (questionnaire)
Patients and their caregivers complete a questionnaire over 15 minutes either in person or over the phone within 3 days after their supportive care center visit.
干预措施: Questionnaire Administration (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Preference of exam room over waiting room as soon as checking in until the nurse is ready for a patient assessed using questionnaire
时间窗: Up to 3 days after visit
Two sample t-test or Wilcoxon rank sum test, whichever more appropriate, will be used to compare continuous variables of interest between the preference of exam room over waiting area. Chi-squared test or Fisher's exact test, whichever appropriate, will be used to test for associations between each of categorical variables and preference of exam room over waiting area. Univariate/multicovariate logistic regression analysis will be used to explore the demographics and clinical factors associated with rooming preferences.
次要结局
未报告次要终点