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Completed No phase listed Observational

Perception of Palliative Care Encounter

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02558257

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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

Interventions

Behavioral

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 15, 2015
Primary completion
Apr 6, 2021
Completion
Apr 6, 2021
Last update posted
Apr 13, 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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