Medical Physics Direct Patient Care for the Improvement of Patient Understanding of Care

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

45 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-01-16

Study Completion Date

2021-09-30

Brief Summary

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This phase II trial studies how well medical physics direct patient care works in improving patients' understanding of their cancer treatment. Providing direct physicist-patient interactions and answering patients' questions about their cancer treatment may help patients to understand the care and therefore reduce anxiety and distress during treatment.

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Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To evaluate whether the Medical Physics Direct Patient Care Initiative (MPDPCI) improves anxiety/distress.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:

II. To assess whether the MPDPCI improves patient treatment adherence and overall satisfaction.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I: Patients receive printed materials describing the technical aspects of their treatment.

ARM II: Patients receive printed materials as in Arm I. Patients also receive a minimum of 2 direct physicist interactions to describe the technical aspects of their treatment either immediately prior to or immediately after treatment simulation.

Conditions

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Malignant Neoplasm

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Arm I (printed materials)

Patients receive printed materials describing the technical aspects of their treatment.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Informational Intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Receive printed materials

Questionnaire Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Arm II (printed materials, physicist interaction)

Patients receive printed materials as in Arm I. Patients also receive a minimum of 2 direct physicist interactions to describe the technical aspects of their treatment either immediately prior to or immediately after treatment simulation.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Informational Intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Receive printed materials

Counseling

Intervention Type OTHER

Receive direct physicist interactions to describe the technical aspects of the treatment

Questionnaire Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Interventions

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Informational Intervention

Receive printed materials

Intervention Type OTHER

Counseling

Receive direct physicist interactions to describe the technical aspects of the treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Questionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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counseling, Counseling Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Medical physicists will be eligible if they care for patients within the Gershenson Radiation Oncology Center within the Karmanos Cancer Institute and have completed the patient communication training
* Are able to read and write in English
* Are scheduled for curative radiation therapy at the Gershenson Radiation Oncology Center