Assessment of What Patients and Healthcare Providers Value

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center397 enrolled

Overview

To assess the importance patients place on each of the attributes of value (i.e., outcomes, quality of life \[QOL\], cost, experience), and how these patientsâ€™ views differ depending on the stage of their therapy (pretreatment, preoperative therapy, post-operative, long-term surveillance, recurrence).

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To assess the importance patients place on each of the attributes of value (i.e., outcomes, quality of life \[QOL\], cost, experience). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess which attributes of value (i.e., outcomes, QOL, cost, experience) health care providers (i.e., physicians, nurses, administrators) feel are most important in health care delivery. II. To assess how these patients' views differ depending on the stage of their therapy (pretreatment, preoperative therapy, post-operative, long-term surveillance, recurrence). III. To assess how patients' view differ to health providers. OUTLINE: Patients and healthcare providers complete a survey over 10-15 minutes.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

397

Conditions

Gastric Adenocarcinoma Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma

Interventions

Survey AdministrationOTHER

Complete survey

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Any patient who has been treated, or is anticipated to be treated, for potentially resectable, biopsy-proven pancreatic adenocarcinoma, pancreatic neuroendocrine malignancy, or gastric adenocarcinoma * Providers involved in the care of gastric and pancreatic cancer patients. Providers will include non-collaborative surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, administrators, nurses, mid-level providers * Able to understand the description of the study and willing to participate Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to read and answer questions in English

Locations (1)

M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Importance patients place on each of the attributes of value (i.e., outcomes, quality of life [QOL], cost, experience)

We will calculate the mean rank of patients yielding usable data and its corresponding 95% confidence interval. Patient characteristics and survey items will be summarized using descriptive statistics, including means, standard deviations (SDs), proportions, range, and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), etc.

Time frame: Survey completion up to 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

Most important attributes of value to healthcare providers

Provider characteristics and survey items will be summarized using descriptive statistics, including means, SDs, proportions, range, and 95% CIs, etc.

Time frame: Survey completion up to 1 year

Importance care providers (i.e., physicians, nurses, administrators) place on each of the attributes of value (i.e., outcomes, quality of life [QOL], cost, experience)

Chi-square tests (or Fisher's exact test) will be used to compare the results between patients and providers.

Time frame: Survey completion up to 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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