Gastrointestinal Cancer, Gynecologic Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Quality
Conditions
Keywords
cancer genetic counseling, educational video, pamphlet
Brief summary
The purpose of this research study is to understand the impact of an educational video or pamphlet on the patient experience in a hereditary cancer genetic counseling program. In order to make this assessment, it is necessary to perform qualitative and quantitative research among patients in a hereditary cancer genetic counseling clinic.
Interventions
OTHEREducational video and pamphlet
The primary intervention in this study is watching the video or reading the pamphlet in advance of the genetic counseling session, which overview the same information that we currently provide in-person/via telehealth during the genetic counseling session.
Patients will receive traditional genetic counseling
Sponsors
Stanford University
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria for: Limited English Proficiency (LEP), primarily Spanish speaking cohort * Preferred language for receiving medical information is Spanish * Has a personal or family history of cancer * If assigned to the arm where they need to be pre-educated with a video or pamphlet, attests that they viewed the video or pamphlet Inclusion criteria for: Individuals with a personal or family history of breast cancer cohort * Personal or family history of breast cancer * English is preferred language * If assigned to the arm where they need to be pre-educated with a video or pamphlet, attests that they viewed the video or pamphlet Inclusion criteria for: Individuals with a personal or family history of prostate cancer cohort * Personal or family history of prostate cancer * English is preferred language * If assigned to the arm where they need to be pre-educated with a video or pamphlet, attests that they viewed the video or pamphlet Inclusion criteria for: Individuals with a personal or family history of any type of cancer referred for germline testing based on a genetic variant identified during tumor genomic analysis for the patient or affected family member cohort. * Personal or family history of any type of cancer * Referred based on a variant identified during tumor genomic analysis * English is preferred language * If assigned to the arm where they need to be pre-educated with a video or pamphlet, attests that they viewed the video or pamphlet Inclusion criteria for: Individuals with a personal or family history of gastrointestinal or gynecologic cancer, referred because they or their affected relative screened positive for Lynch Syndrome based on either an immunohistochemistry test or evidence of mismatch repair deficiency in their tumor cohort. * Personal or family history of gastrointestinal or gynecologic cancer * Screened positive for Lynch Syndrome based on IHC or MMR testing * English is preferred language * If assigned to the arm where they need to be pre-educated with a video or pamphlet, attests that they viewed the video or pamphlet Inclusion criteria for: Individuals with a personal or family history of ovarian and/or pancreatic cancer cohort * Personal or family history of ovarian, and/or pancreatic cancer * English is preferred language * If assigned to the arm where they need to be pre-educated with a video or pamphlet, attests that they viewed the video or pamphlet
Exclusion criteria
* Individuals who are minors * Individuals who are decisionally impaired
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient impact with educational information prior to genetic counseling | 36 months | Impact will be defined as the number of questions asked by patient during the counseling. |
| Patient impact without any educational information prior to genetic counseling | 36 months | Impact will be defined as the number of questions asked by patient during the counseling. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed