Perception of Palliative Care Encounter
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Official title
Perception of the Palliative Care Encounter by Patients Who Are Referred to Outpatient Supportive/ Palliative Care
Brief summary
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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.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02558257
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 209 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 16, 2015 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Apr 7, 2021 (Actual)
- Completion
- Apr 7, 2021 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Apr 14, 2021
2015 – 2021
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 14, 2021 · Synced Oct 19, 2026
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