Oral Symptom Assessment Scale (OSAS): Validity and Reliability
NCT ID: NCT04932317
Last Updated: 2023-03-31
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
54 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2021-08-05
2022-08-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Poor oral health in patients with advanced cancer can be associated with negative impacts on an individual's quality of life in terms of psychological and emotional distress (e.g. avoiding social interactions due to embarrassment) and physical distress (e.g. pain associated with mucositis). As well as this certain problems can be associated indirectly with mortality in patients with advanced cancer e.g. oral infection leading to systemic infection.
In patients with advanced cancer oral symptoms are common, often multiple and of high-impact. Routine screening for oral symptoms should be undertaken in all patients with advanced cancer in conjunction with regular examination of the oral cavity to ensure correct diagnosis and adequate treatment.
A novel oral symptom assessment scale (OSAS) was designed and developed to measure the frequency, severity and distress (or bother) of twenty oral symptoms in patients with advanced cancer. This initial observational study provided provisional validation of the new assessment tool.
This study aims to further investigate the reliability and validity of this novel oral symptom assessment tool in patients with advanced cancer. Test-retesting will occur in patients deemed clinically stable. Test- retesting will be undertaken to measure reliability on two occasions 24-48 hours apart. Recruited patients will be asked to fill in the OSAS as well as the EORTC QLQ- C30 and EORTC QLQ-OH15 (a validated quality of life assessment with an oral health module) which will provide criterion (concurrent) validity.
Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Age ≥ 18 years old
* Able to understand and speak English
* Signed witnessed consent form
* In the 'Stable' clinical phase
Exclusion Criteria
* Unable to complete the study assessments in entirety i.e. in full at Time 1 ( 0 hours) and at Time 2 (24 hours later)
* In the 'Unstable', 'Deteriorating' or 'Terminal' clinical phase
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Dublin, Trinity College
OTHER
Our Lady's Hospice and Care Services
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Prof Andrew Davies
Professor of Palliative Medicine
Principal Investigators
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Andrew Davies, MB FRCP
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross, Dublin 6W Ireland
Locations
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Our Lady's Hospice and Care Services
Dublin, , Ireland
Countries
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References
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Hjermstad MJ, Bergenmar M, Fisher SE, Montel S, Nicolatou-Galitis O, Raber-Durlacher J, Singer S, Verdonck-de Leeuw I, Weis J, Yarom N, Herlofson BB. The EORTC QLQ-OH17: a supplementary module to the EORTC QLQ-C30 for assessment of oral health and quality of life in cancer patients. Eur J Cancer. 2012 Sep;48(14):2203-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.04.003. Epub 2012 May 8.
Davies, A. 2010. Oral care in advanced cancer patients. In: Davies A.N. and Epstein J.B. (eds) Oral Complications of Cancer and Its Management. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp279-289
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Arifin, W.N. 2018. A Web-based Sample Size Calculator for Reliability Studies. Educational Resources. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0bf5/ddcc23d91a941fa0bacf992de1f970e33a1c.pdf
Other Identifiers
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PM202166
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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