NCT02521194

Occupational Therapy in Palliative Care

Is Inpatient Occupational Therapy Perceived to be Beneficial by the Palliative Patient and Caregiver?

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 86 (actual)
• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this research study is to learn if inpatient occupational therapy can help patients in the Palliative Care Unit (PCU).

Detailed description

Caregivers Consent: If you agree to take part in this study, you will complete a questionnaire about your opinion on the inpatient occupational therapy session the patient (person you are caring for) received. It should take about 10 minutes to complete the questionnaire. You will be left alone in a room to complete the questionnaire. Length of Study: Your participation on this study will be over after you complete the questionnaire. This is an investigational study. 50 patients and up to 50 caregivers will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at MD Anderson. Patients Consent: If you agree to take part in this study, you will complete a questionnaire about your opinion of the inpatient occupational therapy session you just had. The questionnaire should take about 10 minutes to complete. You will be left alone in the room to complete the questionnaire. Length of Study: You participation on this study will be over after you complete the questionnaire. This is an investigational study. 50 patients and up to 50 caregivers will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at MD Anderson.

Conditions

• Advanced Cancers

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Questionnaire	Questionnaire completion regarding opinion of the inpatient occupational therapy session patient received.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-11-13
• Primary completion: 2020-01-05
• Completion: 2020-01-05
• First posted: 2015-08-13
• Last updated: 2020-01-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States