Use of CAM by Hospice Oncology Patients During Ambulatory Palliative Care

Hospice Care Clinical Trial

— CAM  

Official title:

Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Hospice Oncology Patients During Ambulatory Palliative Care

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03747172
• Other study ID #: CAM001
• Status: Completed
• Start date: June 12, 2018
• Est. completion date: September 12, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: November 2018
• Source: Silesian University of Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the study is to assess Prevalence of complementary and alternative therapy use by adult patients from the area of Silesian agglomeration (Poland) with advanced, metastatic cancer disease who were admitted to "Pro Salute" Hospice for ambulatory palliative care between July 2017 and September 2018

Description:

The research team developed the CAT (complementary and alternative therapy) screening tool to obtain information about CAM use from patients. The screening tool was based on a The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM) classification of CAM. CAT were grouped into five main categories: (1) biologically based therapies , (2) mind/body therapies, (3) manipulative and body-based therapies, (4) Energy therapies and (5) alternative medical systems.

The questionaire was tailored to meet the objectives of this study and to be adjusted to hospice patients specifics. It was piloted on the group of 25 patients, resulting in some vocabulary changes. The final questionnaire consists of 25 multiple-choice, semi-structured questions and takes about 15 min to complete. For each general CAM category the detailed information was collected on the type of specific therapy that was used. Patients were considered as CAM users if they have used at least one therapy from at least one of the categories during the period of 12 months prior to the screening. Patients were asked to specify the reasons for CAT usage, experienced effects of the therapy, stage at which patients considered using CAM

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1004
• Est. completion date: September 12, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: September 12, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• adult patients from the area of Silesian agglomeration (Poland) with advanced, metastatic cancer disease who were admitted to "Pro Salute" Hospice for ambulatory palliative care between July 2017 and September 2018

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients were excluded from the survey if they presented cognitive disturbances disabling credible answers in the questionnaire

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Complementary Alternative Medicine
• Complementary Alternative Therapy
• Hospice Care

Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
• complementary and alternative therapy
complementary and alternative therapies were grouped into five main categories: (1) biologically based therapies , (2) mind/body therapies, (3) manipulative and body-based therapies, (4) Energy therapies and (5) alternative medical systems.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Poland	PZZOZ Bedzin	Bedzin

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Silesian University of Medicine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Poland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Variation of prevalence of complementary and alternative therapy use by hospice patients	Presence and quantity of patients using any CAM therapies -The research team developed the CAT screening tool based on a The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM) classification of CAM. Questionnaire consists of 25 multiple-choice, semi-structured questions and gives the result in the form of a percentage	14 months
Primary	Variation of prevalence of biologically based therapies	Presence and quantity of patients using biologically based therapies - The research team developed the CAT screening tool based on a The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM) classification of CAM. Questionnaire consists of 25 multiple-choice, semi-structured questions and gives the result in the form of a percentage	14 months
Primary	Variation of prevalence of mind/body therapies	Presence and quantity of patients using mind/body therapies - The research team developed the CAT screening tool based on a The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM) classification of CAM. Questionnaire consists of 25 multiple-choice, semi-structured questions and gives the result in the form of a percentage	14 months
Primary	Variation of prevalence of manipulative and body-based therapies	Presence and quantity of patients using manipulative and body-based therapies - The research team developed the CAT screening tool based on a The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM) classification of CAM. Questionnaire consists of 25 multiple-choice, semi-structured questions and gives the result in the form of a percentage	14 months
Primary	Variation of prevalence of biologically Energy therapies	Presence and quantity of patients using Energy therapies - The research team developed the CAT screening tool based on a The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM) classification of CAM. Questionnaire consists of 25 multiple-choice, semi-structured questions and gives the result in the form of a percentage	14 months
Primary	Variation of prevalence of alternative medical systems	Presence and quantity of patients using alternative medical systems - The research team developed the CAT screening tool based on a The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM) classification of CAM. Questionnaire consists of 25 multiple-choice, semi-structured questions and gives the result in the form of a percentage	14 months