This project has focus on patients in palliation testing a digital platform TelePal.dk.
The aim of the RCT study is to: • Test, implement, and evaluate a telepalliation program for patients receiving palliative care (cancer, heart failure (HF), COPD, and motor neuron disease) from a clinical, psychosocial, inter-organizational, and health economic perspective.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
182
Telepalliation platform Telepal.dk
Palliative Team, South West Jutland Hospital
Esbjerg, Denmark
RECRUITINGChanges in Quality of life
Measured by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, questionnaire regarding quality of life in palliative cancer care patients (EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL).
Time frame: At baseline, week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26
Changes in medicine
Information on medicine for both groups will be collected at enrolment and every week from the electronic patient record (EPR). Changes in medicine over time will be analyzed.
Time frame: At enrolment and week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26
Changes in feeling of security
Measured on a likert scale
Time frame: At baseline, twice every week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26
Experiences of pain
Numerical Rating Scale (NRS)
Time frame: At baseline, week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26
Experience of pain (brief)
Brief Pain Inventory, short form (BPI-sf)
Time frame: At baseline, week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26
Experiences of patients on the actual use of the TelePal.dk platform and their experiences of being a part of a telepalliation program
Qualitative interviews
Time frame: Week 4
Experiences of relatives on the actual use of the TelePal.dk platform and their experiences of being a part of a telepalliation program
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Qualitative interviews
Time frame: Week 4 and 3 months
Experiences of health care professionals on the actual use of the TelePal.dk platform and their experiences of being a part of a telepalliation program
Qualitative interviews
Time frame: 6 months and 12 months
Perceptions on usability of a cross-sector communication platform and telerehabilitation program by patients, relatives and health care professionals
Qualitative interviews
Time frame: 12 months
Observations on usability of a cross-sector communication platform and telerehabilitation program by patients, relatives and health care professionals
Observations
Time frame: 12 months
Health related quality of life
Measured by EQ-5D Health Questionnaire
Time frame: week 1 and week 4
Cost of healthcare services
Cost-effectiveness analysis ((number of phone/video calls, equipment, driving, personal use in palliative care (video and home visits), visits to general practitioner and outpatient clinic, hospitalizations, readmissions and length of stay, visits from palliative team))
Time frame: 24 months