Occupational Therapy in Palliative Care

Is Inpatient Occupational Therapy Perceived to be Beneficial by the Palliative Patient and Caregiver?

The goal of this research study is to learn if inpatient occupational therapy can help patients in the Palliative Care Unit (PCU).

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Advanced Cancers
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Questionnaire

Detailed Description

Caregivers Consent:

If you agree to take part in this study, you will complete a questionnaire about your opinion on the inpatient occupational therapy session the patient (person you are caring for) received. It should take about 10 minutes to complete the questionnaire. You will be left alone in a room to complete the questionnaire.

Length of Study:

Your participation on this study will be over after you complete the questionnaire.

This is an investigational study.

50 patients and up to 50 caregivers will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at MD Anderson.

Patients Consent:

If you agree to take part in this study, you will complete a questionnaire about your opinion of the inpatient occupational therapy session you just had. The questionnaire should take about 10 minutes to complete. You will be left alone in the room to complete the questionnaire.

Length of Study:

You participation on this study will be over after you complete the questionnaire.

This is an investigational study.

50 patients and up to 50 caregivers will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at MD Anderson.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 86
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
      • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients must have an inpatient occupational therapy (OT) order and be able to tolerate an OT session as judged by the attending physician
2. Patients with cancer admitted to inpatient acute palliative care unit
3. Caregiver participation is optional, but must be identified as the primary caregiver in order to complete the Caregiver Satisfaction Survey.
4. Caregiver (if participating) must be present during the session.
5. Patient (and caregiver (if participating) must be 18 years of age or older.
6. Both patient (and caregiver if participating) must be able to understand, read, write and speak English.
7. Both patient and caregiver (if participating) must sign an Informed Consent Form.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients or caregivers with physical limitations (visual or motor impairment) causing inability to read, complete or sign the consent form and survey.
2. Patients or caregivers who the attending physician deems unable to participate due to poor cognitive capacity or acute physical distress.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Caregiver Questionnaire; Questionnaire completion regarding opinion on the inpatient occupational therapy session person being cared for received.	Behavioral: Questionnaire; Questionnaire completion regarding opinion of the inpatient occupational therapy session patient received.; Other Names: Survey
Experimental: Patient Questionnaire; Questionnaire completion regarding opinion of the inpatient occupational therapy session patient received.	Behavioral: Questionnaire; Questionnaire completion regarding opinion of the inpatient occupational therapy session patient received.; Other Names: Survey

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Satisfaction Rate of Inpatient Occupational Therapy Session	Satisfaction rate defined as the percentage of patients that "strongly agree" or "agree" after inpatient occupational session as being beneficial.	1 day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Paul W. Walker, MD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Website

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 13, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 5, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): January 5, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 10, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 10, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): August 13, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 13, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 8, 2020
• Last Verified: January 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Questionnaire; Survey; Advanced Cancers; Inpatient occupational therapy
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2015-0350

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No