An Intervention to Improve Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Cancer
试验速览
- 阶段
- 3 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 146
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Uncertainty
研究概览
简要总结
1.) To integrate discharge planning into an intervention provided by advanced practice nurses (APRNs)for patients with advanced cancer, 2.) To evaluate the effects of the intervention, and 3.) To explore the reach, adoption, and implementation of the intervention to facilitate the transition of patients from surgery/biopsy/chemotherapy to medical oncology in a comprehensive cancer center.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •primary diagnosis of advanced lung, GI, Head & Neck, and Lung cancers
- •post-surgical/or post-biopsy with physician's order for cancer treatment
- •age 21 years or older
- •lives within 50 of Yale New Haven Hospital
- •has 2 or more co-morbid conditions
- •has an emotional distress thermometer score of greater than or equal to 4-
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
Information/Education Group
Assistance in using Symptom Management Toolkit
干预措施: Symptom Education (Behavioral)
Nurse Intervention
Participants are given intensive nurse contacts to reduce uncertainty and maximize problem solving, and later, to transition to the treatment phase of their cancer.
干预措施: Intervention (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Uncertainty
时间窗: 3 months post-baseline
The MUIS-C is a 23-item scale that asks the respondent to rate items on a scale of 1=strongly disagree to 5= strongly agree.
Uncertainty
时间窗: 1 month post baseline
The MUIS-C contains 23 Likert scale items with scores that range from 1= strongly disagree to 5= strongly agree.
次要结局
- HADS- Anxiety(1 month post baseline)
- HADS-Anxiety(3 months post baseline.)