Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO)-Based Palliative and Hospice Care Practice: A Qualitative Study

Completed

Conditions studied: Advanced Cancer

In brief

The goal of this research study is to collect information to plan how to design a computer program for cancer patients receiving palliative care, their caregivers, and doctors and nurses who work in palliative care. Researchers want to learn how to make this program practical for use by future patients, caregivers, doctors, and nurses.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00878267

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

9

Starts

2009-03-01

Expected to finish

2011-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-09-21

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patient/caregiver participants will be adults 21 years of age or older.
• Patient participants will be palliative care cancer patients and their caregivers.
• Participating patients should be receiving palliative care at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
• Patient must be able to speak, read and write English
• Physician and nurse experts in palliative care will be eligible for participation on the study's expert panel. (For study purposes, a physician or nurse expert is defined as a physician or nurse with a minimum of four years experience working in a palliative care setting.
• Physician and nurse experts will be eligible for participation in study interviews if they have a minimum of four years experience working in a palliative care setting.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who are not able to self-report their symptom status using either paper-and-pencil or electronic tools.
• Patients or caregivers who do not agree to sign the study's informed consent document.

Where it is running

• UT MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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