The investigators will leverage e-technologies to provide an online version of the Question Prompt LIst (QPL-CT), that patients access via available iPads, enabling both the real-time prioritizing of patient questions as well as the seamless delivery of these questions to their treating physician (and other members of their clinical team) via the VCU Health System (VCUHS) patient portal, and the electronic medical record (EMR) prior to a consultation to discuss a clinical trial
The investigators propose to conduct pilot work to inform our knowledge of optimal methods of utilizing QPLs and will use the QPL-CT as an example. The investigators will leverage e-technologies to provide an online version of the QPL-CT, that patients access via available iPads, enabling both the real-time prioritizing of patient questions as well as the seamless delivery of these questions to their treating physician (and other members of their clinical team) via the VCU Health System (VCUHS) patient portal, and the EMR prior to a consultation to discuss a clinical trial. The investigators will use a pilot randomized clinical trial design to demonstrate the efficacy of the online QPL-CT versus a paper and pencil QPL-CT to increase question asking, patient understanding of trial information and reduce patients conflict over their upcoming decision to join a trial
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
8
Use the QPL-CT to prioritize questions
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Online QPL-CT to Oncologist
Use online QPL-CT to prioritize their questions and the prioritized list will be conveyed to their oncologist. Investigators will evaluate the efficacy of the online QPL-CT to increase question asking, patient understanding of trial information and reduce patients conflict over their upcoming decision to join a trial.
Time frame: 30 days
Impact of providing physicians patient's QPL-CT
Examine the impact of providing physicians their patient's prioritized QPL-CT on information provision and decision making process as measured by the Decision Analysis System for Oncology
Time frame: 30 days
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