Communication Strategies to Introduce Psychology Services

NCT ID: NCT03035448

Last Updated: 2023-10-12

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

101 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-02-13

Study Completion Date

2023-10-10

Brief Summary

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The goal of this research study is to learn about advanced cancer patients' preferences about how psychology services are introduced.

This is an investigational study.

Up to 110 participants will be enrolled in this study. All will take part at MD Anderson.

Detailed Description

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If you agree to take part in this study, during an already-scheduled office visit, you will complete 3 questionnaires about your symptoms, your emotional health, and if you have ever participated in psychiatric or psychology services. These questionnaires should take about 9 minutes to complete.

All participants will watch 2 short videos. The videos show actors playing a doctor, counselor, and patient, discussing psychology service options. Each video is about 1 minute and 30 seconds long and will discuss the same material, but the content of each video will be different. The order in which they are presented will be randomly assigned (as in the flip of a coin). You will have an equal chance of seeing either video first.

After you watch the second video, you will complete 3 questionnaires about whether you think 1 of the videos was better than the other, and about your attitude toward psychology services. These questionnaires should take about 4 minutes to complete.

Length of Study:

It should take about 16 minutes to watch both videos and to complete all questionnaires. Your participation on this study will be over after you have completed the last questionnaire.

Other Information:

We will ask your caregiver(s) to leave the room while the videos are played. In case they decide to stay, we will ask them to keep silent.

Conditions

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Malignant Neoplasms of Independent (Primary) Multiple Sites

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Video 1: Counselor Alone

Participants complete 3 assessment questionnaires during an already-scheduled office visit.

Participant watches 2 videos showing actors playing a doctor, counselor, and patient, discussing psychology service options.

Participant completes 3 questionnaires after watching the second video about whether they think 1 of the videos was better than the other, and about their attitude toward psychology services.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Questionnaires

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants complete 3 assessment questionnaires during an already-scheduled office visit. These questionnaires should take about 9 minutes to complete.

Participant completes 3 questionnaires after watching the second video about whether they think 1 of the videos was better than the other, and about their attitude toward psychology services. These questionnaires should take about 4 minutes to complete.

Video Presentation

Intervention Type OTHER

Participant watches 2 videos showing actors playing a doctor, counselor, and patient, discussing psychology service options.

Video 2: Doctor + Counselor

Participants complete 3 assessment questionnaires during an already-scheduled office visit.

Participant watches 2 videos showing actors playing a doctor, counselor, and patient, discussing psychology service options.

Participant completes 3 questionnaires after watching the second video about whether they think 1 of the videos was better than the other, and about their attitude toward psychology services.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Questionnaires

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants complete 3 assessment questionnaires during an already-scheduled office visit. These questionnaires should take about 9 minutes to complete.

Participant completes 3 questionnaires after watching the second video about whether they think 1 of the videos was better than the other, and about their attitude toward psychology services. These questionnaires should take about 4 minutes to complete.

Video Presentation

Intervention Type OTHER

Participant watches 2 videos showing actors playing a doctor, counselor, and patient, discussing psychology service options.

Interventions

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Questionnaires

Participants complete 3 assessment questionnaires during an already-scheduled office visit. These questionnaires should take about 9 minutes to complete.

Participant completes 3 questionnaires after watching the second video about whether they think 1 of the videos was better than the other, and about their attitude toward psychology services. These questionnaires should take about 4 minutes to complete.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Video Presentation

Participant watches 2 videos showing actors playing a doctor, counselor, and patient, discussing psychology service options.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Surveys

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Age \>/= 18 years-old
2. Can speak, read, and understand English
3. Diagnosis of locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic disease
4. Patients treated as outpatients by the supportive and palliative care team
5. Normal cognitive status as determined by the interviewer based on the ability to understand the nature of the study and consent process

Exclusion Criteria

1. Previous psychological counseling received in supportive care department
2. Patients with severe symptom distress as assessed by nursing staff
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Sujin Ann-Yi, PHD, MA

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Locations

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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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http://www.mdanderson.org

M D Anderson Cancer Center

Other Identifiers

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NCI-2018-01285

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2016-0679

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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