NCT02038114

The Impact of a Patient Education Intervention for Ambulatory Oncology Patients

The Impact of a Patient Education Intervention on Knowledge, Self-efficacy, Symptom Burden, Health Related Quality of Life and Satisfaction With the Experience of Care for Oncology Ambulatory Patients Post Completion of the Edmonton Screening Assessment System

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 96 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will test the impact of newly created and available symptom management patient education brochures on symptom burden \[measured via the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS)\], health-related quality of life \[measured by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-30)\], patient satisfaction with care \[measured by the Princess Margaret Hospital Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PMH/PSQ-MD 29) and the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Patient Satisfaction with Radiation or Chemotherapy (EORTC PatSat35 RT/CT)\], self-efficacy, and knowledge at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada. These brochures are designed for oncology patients in order to provide a response to symptom screening and are now a standard part of care. Symptom screening occurs at each visit as patients are required to fill out ESAS, that asks about their experience with the occurence and severity of symptoms. The intent of the patient brochures are to acknowledge the screen, validate the symptom and provide knowledge of self-management strategies for symptoms. The brochures also provide information to patients about when and how to seek further help from their oncology team. The hope is that patients will experience a useful response to their screen with all levels of symptoms-from 0-10 in severity It is hypothesized that the addition of patient education symptom management pamphlets on 7 of the symptoms measured by ESAS (appetite, nausea and vomiting, depression, anxiety, fatigue, dyspnea and pain) will provide new and meaningful information which will build knowledge, validate the patient's experience of the symptom, lead to increased satisfaction with care, improved self efficacy in managing and accessing help for the symptom and therefore improved health related quality of life.

Conditions

• Gastro-intestinal Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Head and Neck Cancer
• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Instructed to read patient education pamphlets	The intervention in this study is the administration of patient education pamphlets and instructions to read them. Half of all patients who participate in this study will be required to read pamphlets on symptoms that are relevant to them (i.e. symptoms that they are experiencing). Subsequent to reading pamphlets, patients will complete study questionnaires to assess their impact.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-09-01
• Primary completion: 2014-06-01
• Completion: 2014-06-01
• First posted: 2014-01-16
• Last updated: 2014-09-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada