advanced cancer
Conditions
Interventions
1. Training program for healthcare professionals The researcher will hold a training session regarding advance care planning at the study site. The training program is estimated to take three hours i
Sponsors
King's College London
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for people with advanced cancer 1) Diagnosed with advanced cancer 2) Eighteen years old or above 3) Having decisional capacity judged by the attending physician 4) HCPs responding NO to the surprise question 5) Able to identify family members for having ACP discussions together 6) Able and willing to provide written informed consent Inclusion criteria for family members 1) Nominated by a person diagnosed with advanced cancer for having ACP discussion together 2) Eighteen years old or above 3) Able and willing to provide written informed consent Inclusion criteria for HCPs 1) HCPs (e.g. physicians, nurses, and medical social workers) working at the department described above 2) Able and willing to provide written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: People with advanced cancer and their family members who are assessed as not eligible for the study by their attending physician (e.g. too ill). Moreover, people who are assessed that the delivery of the ACP intervention may result in high levels of distress will be excluded. There are no exclusion criteria for HCPs.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Feasibility: the number of dyads (people with advanced cancer and their family members) who are approached, consent and complete the intervention. Fidelity: the extent of which healthcare professionals deliver components of the intervention Acceptability: the extent of which patients and family members value the intervention is useful, recommendable, as well as the extent of distress Change process: interactions among patients, family members and healthcare professionals due to the intervention These are evaluated by questionnaires administered straight after the intervention as well as interviews conducted straight after or on participants' convenient occasions. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactMegumi Kishino
King's College London Cicely Saunders Institute
Outcome results
None listed