Care Coordination Educational Intervention Study for Patients From Rural Areas With Early Stage Cancer
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Table-based Educational Intervention.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Cancer. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Patient-Centered Video Education Intervention to Improve Rural Cancer Care Delivery in Vermont: A Feasibility Study
Overview
Care Coordination is an essential component of cancer care delivery. Many patients experience poor care coordination. In this study, we hypothesize that provision of a video educational intervention to teach patients about cancer, care coordination and self-advocacy will improve patients' perception of care coordination. Cancer patients with early stage disease scheduled to receive adjuvant therapy, and who reside in a rural area, will be enrolled onto the study. Patients will be randomized to receive a table-based educational intervention tool initially (arm1) or after 4 months of therapy (arm2). Assessment of cancer knowledge, self-advocacy and care coordination will be obtained at baseline and after 4-6 months.
Interventions
- Other Table-based Educational Intervention
Tablet based educational tool with videos about care coordination, cancer knowledge and self-advocacy.
Primary outcome measures
- Care Coordination Instrument Score [Time frame: Baseline and 4 months]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Cancer Knowledge [Time frame: Baseline and 4 months]
- Satisfaction with Educational Videos [Time frame: 4 months]
- Self-Advocacy Score [Time frame: Baseline and 4 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 18+ years of age
- Breast, lung, or colon cancer diagnosis
- Stage I, II or III cancer
- Adjuvant chemotherapy started < 30 days or planned within the next 30 days
- Rural residence location in Vermont (outside Chittenden County)
- Proficient in English
Exclusion criteria
- History of prior malignancy treated with chemotherapy in last 3 years
- Known or suspected neuro-cognitive impairment
- Resident of Chittenden County, Vermont
- Patients with current diagnosis other than stage I, II or III breast, colon or lung cancer
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- University of Vermont Cancer Center — Burlington
Publications
- Okado I, Cassel K, Pagano I, Holcombe RF. Development and psychometric evaluation of a questionnaire to measure cancer patients' perception of care coordination. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Jan 21;20(1):52. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-4905-4. PMID 31964391
- Okado I, Cassel K, Pagano I, Holcombe RF. Assessing Patients' Perceptions of Cancer Care Coordination in a Community-Based Setting. JCO Oncol Pract. 2020 Aug;16(8):e726-e733. doi: 10.1200/JOP.19.00509. Epub 2020 Mar 27. PMID 32216713
- Okado I, Pagano I, Cassel K, Holcombe RF. Perceptions of care coordination in cancer patient-family caregiver dyads. Support Care Cancer. 2021 May;29(5):2645-2652. doi: 10.1007/s00520-020-05764-8. Epub 2020 Sep 24. PMID 32970231
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05723250 · 00002358