NCT01833637

Electronic Patient Reported Symptom Assessment

Electronic Patient Reported Symptom Assessment: A Pilot Study Introducing Advanced Care Planning and Palliative Care to Hospitalized Women With Advanced Gynecologic, Breast, Thoracic, or Gastrointestinal Malignancies.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 6 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northwestern University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess whether using computerized screening questions can improve how well we manage symptoms related to cancer and cancer treatments. Advance care planning is a process in which teams of experts assist in with treatment plans, managing pain and other symptoms, emotional issues, and end of life issues. With advances in technology, it is now possible to get the patient's feedback directly and more often. It is thought that repeated questionnaires completed by the patient will provide a better and more accurate measure of the patient's needs and experiences but this has not been tested. This study is designed to learn if using a computerized assessment repeatedly is better than standard planning techniques.

Conditions

• Gynecologic Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Thoracic Cancer
• Gastrointestinal Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	APN Intervention	Patients randomized to this group will be asked to fill out a patient symptom assessment using an iPad at the time of registration and then every day until released from the hospital. It should take about 10 minutes to complete this questionnaire each time. Based on the patients' answers and in cooperation with their health care provider, an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) will provide information about symptom management and options for services that are available after the patient leaves the hospital. The survey responses will be shared with the patients' healthcare team so that they better understand how they are feeling. The APN will work closely with the healthcare team. Patients will be asked to fill out a Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire at the time of discharge.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-10-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2013-04-17
• Last updated: 2015-07-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States