Potential Improvements in Emergency Department Care for Cancer Patients According to Clinical Staff

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

59 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-02-02

Study Completion Date

2024-10-01

Brief Summary

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The goal of this Single center prospective cross-sectional study is to identify the facilitators and barriers among caregivers in the emergency department that influence disposition of patients with solid and hematology malignancies. The main question it aims to answer is to categorize the facilitators and barriers identified by three groups of emergency department (ED) staff. Participants will be asked for permission, afterwards a short interview will be held with the different ED caregivers (ED nurse, attending physician and supervising physician).

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Detailed Description

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The goal of this to identify the facilitators and barriers among caregivers in the emergency department (ED) that influence disposition of patients with solid and hematology malignancies. Participants will be asked for permission, afterwards a short interview will be held with the different caregivers (ED nurse, attending physician and supervising physician) in the ED. The interviews will be held in the order of the ED care pathway, meaning ED nurse first, treating physician second and supervising physician at last. The interviews will be conducted for every patient with each of the caregivers. Each interview will be conducted after the caregiver has made the first examination of the patient. The interview focuses on several parts of the emergency care process: The first part is regarding the actions that are executed during an ED visit. We will establish which actions are executed and why. The second part is regarding the suspected outcome for the patient. The third part will be about any potential improvements to the emergency care process for the patient.

Conditions

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Cancer Emergencies

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Cancer patients

All adult patients with solid or hematological malignancies and receiving systemic therapy or having received systemic therapy within the last 3 months that are admitted to the emergency department of the Erasmus medical center for the oncology, hematological, lung- and neuro-oncology medical unit are eligible for inclusion.

Emergency department caregivers interview

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The interview focuses on several parts of the emergency care process: The first part is regarding the actions that are executed during an emergency department visit. We will establish which actions are executed and why. The second part is regarding the suspected outcome for the patient. The third part will be about any potential improvements to the emergency care process for the patient.

Interventions

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Emergency department caregivers interview

The interview focuses on several parts of the emergency care process: The first part is regarding the actions that are executed during an emergency department visit. We will establish which actions are executed and why. The second part is regarding the suspected outcome for the patient. The third part will be about any potential improvements to the emergency care process for the patient.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with solid or hematological malignancies and receiving system therapy or having received systemic therapy within the last 3 months.
* Presented at or admitted from the emergency department for the oncology, hematology, neuro- or lung-oncology clinical unit.
* Awake and conscious.
* Possible to answer questions within the same shift / day after presentation in the ED.