Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT04927559
Health Literacy in Understanding Radiation Therapy Information in Patients Undergoing Definitive Radiation Therapy
Assessing Health Literacy and Interpreter Use in Radiation Oncology at LAC+USC Medical Center
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 35 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study assesses the health literacy and understanding of radiation therapy information during consultation in patients with prostate or breast cancer undergoing definitive radiation therapy. Health literacy is defined as "the capacity to obtain, process, and understand health information and services to enable sound health decisions." Information gained from this study, may help researchers develop appropriate modalities to enhance comprehension of radiation therapy, and therefore allow for improved patient decision making with medical treatment.
Detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To assess patient health literacy and understanding of critical radiation information during consultation in Spanish and English speaking patient in the department of radiation oncology at Los Angeles County (LAC) + University of Southern California (USC) utilizing a patient survey administered after consultation. SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: I. Correlate findings of radiation comprehension and satisfaction with validated measures of health literacy, acculturation, and socioeconomic status of patients. TERTIARY OBJECTIVE: I. To assess patient satisfaction of interpreter service in Spanish-speaking patients among breast and prostate cancer patients receiving definitive radiation. OUTLINE: Patients complete a survey over 5-10 minutes about their understanding of radiation therapy.
Conditions
- Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Anatomic Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Anatomic Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Anatomic Stage IIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Anatomic Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Anatomic Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Anatomic Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Anatomic Stage IIIC Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Prognostic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Prognostic Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Prognostic Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Prognostic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Prognostic Stage IIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Prognostic Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Prognostic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Prognostic Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Prognostic Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Prognostic Stage IIIC Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Stage I Prostate Cancer AJCC v8
- Stage II Prostate Cancer AJCC v8
- Stage IIA Prostate Cancer AJCC v8
- Stage IIB Prostate Cancer AJCC v8
- Stage IIC Prostate Cancer AJCC v8
- Stage III Prostate Cancer AJCC v8
- Stage IIIA Prostate Cancer AJCC v8
- Stage IIIB Prostate Cancer AJCC v8
- Stage IIIC Prostate Cancer AJCC v8
- Stage IVA Prostate Cancer AJCC v8
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Survey Administration | Complete survey |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-12-18
- Primary completion
- 2024-04-23
- Completion
- 2024-04-23
- First posted
- 2021-06-16
- Last updated
- 2024-04-29
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04927559. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.