Perception of Palliative Care Encounter

Completed

Conditions studied: Advanced Cancers

In brief

Objectives: Primary Objective The primary objective is to determine patients' perceptions of the timeliness of their referral to an outpatient palliative care clinic. The secondary objectives are to determine: 1. The factors and variables associated with perception of timeliness such as age, gender, and symptom distress 2. The patients' perceptions of the physical environment of the outpatient clinic at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC) such as lighting, music, and lack of a waiting room; and 3. If there is an association between level of distress (physical, psychological, and spiritual distress as measured by Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) and the usefulness of the referral to palliative care center.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02558257

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

209

Starts

2015-08-16

Expected to finish

2021-04-07

Last updated by the study team

2021-04-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Have advanced cancer, defined as locally advanced, metastatic or incurable disease
• >/=18 years of age
• Seen at UTMDACC outpatient Supportive Care Center for consultation
• Provided informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) >/= 13.
• Inability to read and speak English

Where it is running

• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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