Geriatric Communication Skills Training Program for Oncology Clinicians

Lymphoma Clinical Trial

Official title:

Geriatric Communication Skills Training Program for Oncology Clinicians to Improve Management of Care for Geriatrics Cancer Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03530969
• Other study ID #: 18-183
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 7, 2018
• Est. completion date: February 16, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn more about the effects of a training program designed to help doctors communicate better with older patients and their caregivers.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 88
• Est. completion date: February 16, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: February 16, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Clinician Eligibility

• MSK medical oncology Health Care Professionals (HCP) - specifically identified as Attendings, fellows, or Advance Practice Professional (APP) - either a Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) from GI, GU Oncology, Lymphoma, Bone Marrow Transplant or Geriatrics Service (five services with a large number of geriatric patients)
• Willingness to be audio-recorded as per self-report
• Clinician has individual clinic consultations with patients in the target population:

65 years of age and over, English speaking, and patients who have had a new visit within the last 6 months. Patient Eligibility

• MSK patients 65 years of age and over as per EMR
• English speaking as per EMR
• Being seen by one of the consented HCPs as per the HCP and/or electronic medical record (EMR)
• Willingness to be audio-recorded as per self-report
• Patient had their first visit with the clinician within the last 6 months Caregiver Eligibility
• English speaking as per EMR
• Accompanying an MSK patient being seen by one of the consented HCPs as per the HCP and/or EMR

Exclusion Criteria:

• N/A

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bone Marrow Transplant
• GI Cancer
• GU Cancer
• Lymphoma

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Self-Efficacy Assessment
Health Care Professional's self-efficacy will be assessed by 12 ratings of self-reported confidence from (1) "strongly disagree" to (5) "strongly agree" in module-specific topics both before and after the training.
• UCLA Geriatrics Attitudes Scale
The UCLA Geriatrics Attitudes Scale is a 14-item scale developed to assess health care providers' attitudes toward older persons and caring for older patients.
• Course Evaluations
The evaluation surveys for each of the three modules will contain fifteen statements assessing post-training attitudes regarding the skills learned and application of skills in oncology clinical practice, measured on a 5-point Likert scale.
• The Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) questionnaire
The Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) questionnaire is a 10-item self-report scale that measures a patient's satisfaction with how empathic their health care providers (HCP) was within a specific consultation.
• Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems Program (CAHPS)
Patients" perceptions of the quality of their interactions with their clinicians will be rated with 6 items from the Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems Program (CAHPS)
• Patient activation measure (PAM) scale
The PAM scale contains 22 items that assess patient engagement in their care process.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Feasibility of Health Care Provider (HCP) training	Measured by number of HCP successfully recruited for the training	8 weeks
Primary	Participants satisfaction with Health Care Provider (HCP) training	Self-reported measure of satisfaction	1 week

External Links

•   Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center