The purpose of this study is to understand more about meeting the psychosocial needs of people who have cancer.
The investigators are interested in the feasibility of using computer assisted screening and assessment to meet the psychosocial needs of people with cancer. The investigators are studying two different interventions. Both groups will receive health information, referral information, and resources. One group will also receive tailored feedback reports.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1,000
A Healthcare Provider Report will be printed after each assessment and reviewed by the subject's oncologist. If any mental health functioning scale scores fall in the elevated or high range, a treatment plan will be constructed. Subjects will receive a personalized Patient Feedback Report after each assessment which will include motivationally tailored messages and suggestions for action.
University of Massachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Decrease in psychological stress
Both groups will receive a full assessment, referral information, and resources. Only the intervention group will have the option of immediately sending their contact information to a counselor/mental health provider and receive a tailored feedback report with specific recommendations about managing their psychological and social needs, and provide education about ways to improve their quality of life. We anticipate that distressed subjects assigned to the Intervention Group will exhibit larger decreases in psychological distress when compared against the Control Group.
Time frame: 12 months
Reduced distress
Reduced distress will be achieved through initiation of mental health counseling, psychotropic medications, and psychosocial support group participation in distressed patients who are not currently receiving mental health treatment at baseline, and enhancement of existing mental health treatment in patients already receiving some form of mental health treatment at baseline, including adding another treatment modality, such as psychotherapy being added to a medication regimen, or adjusting their existing mental health treatments, such as increasing the dose of an anti-depressant.
Time frame: 12 months
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