Satisfaction With Placement of Implantable Venous Access Devices in Patients With Solid Tumors

Patient Satisfaction With Placement of Implantable Venous Access Devices

RATIONALE: Gathering information about patients with solid tumors who have implantable venous access devices may help doctors learn more about patient satisfaction.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying satisfaction with placement of implantable venous access devices in patients with solid tumors.

OBJECTIVES:

• To determine patient satisfaction with subcutaneous venous-access device placement in oncology patients.

OUTLINE: Patients complete a computer-based survey while in the treatment area of the Vanderbilt Oncology Clinic. Basic demographic information and basic information regarding the placement of the device and complications are collected from the patient's medical record.

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Diagnosis of a solid tumor malignancy

  • No hematological malignancy

• Patient at the Vanderbilt Oncology Clinic

• Has undergone placement of a subcutaneous, single-lumen venous-access device within the past 6 months

  • No patients who have had ≥ 2 venous-access devices placed by ≥ 1 department

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

• Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

• See Disease Characteristics
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