Emerging Physical Therapy Practice in Palliative Care: A... | NCT01336361

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Emerging Physical Therapy Practice in Palliative Care: A Survey of Perceptions of Physical Therapists

NCT01336361

Sponsor

University of Montana

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

Sep 17, 2014Estimated

Enrollment

228Actual

Phase

Not provided

Conditions

Perception

Interventions

Survey

Countries

United States

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

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No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

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Document Section

No data available

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Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Sep 2014

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Apr 2011

Primary Completion Date

May 2011Actual

Completion Date

May 2011Actual

First Submitted Date

Apr 13, 2011

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Apr 14, 2011

First Posted Date

Apr 15, 2011Estimated

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

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Results First Posted Date

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Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

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Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

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Certification/Extension First Posted Date

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Last Update Submitted Date

Sep 15, 2014

Last Update Posted Date

Sep 17, 2014Estimated

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

Is FDA Regulated Drug

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Is FDA Regulated Device

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Is Unapproved Device

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Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

Not provided

Product Exported from US

Not provided

FDAAA801 Violation

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Description Module

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore emerging physical therapy practice in palliative care, and the perceptions of physical therapists regarding their care of the functionally dependent elderly, including: (1) the role and utilization of palliative care intervention in current practice, (2) current and potential goal-setting practices which may relate to palliative care, and (3) therapists' awareness of cultural and psychosocial issues in patient care.

Detailed Description

Palliative Care is a growing medical practice specialty, however the level of physical therapist involvement and the particular roles for physical therapy in this evolving discipline are relatively unknown.

The purpose of this study was to explore emerging physical therapy practice in palliative care, and the perceptions of physical therapists regarding their care of the functionally dependent elderly, including the role and utilization of palliative care intervention in current practice, goal-setting practices which may relate to palliative care, and therapists' awareness of cultural and psychosocial issues in patient care.

Design Module

Study Type

Observational

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

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Expanded Access Types

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Patient Registry

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Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

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Interventional Study Design

Allocation

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Intervention Model

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

228Actual

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
Physical Therapists		Physical Therapists who are members of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and live in the United States .	Other: Survey

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
Survey	Other	A one-time paper survey was mailed to subjects, along with a cover letter, explanation of the research study, and contact and informed consent information. A reminder postcard was sent to subjects approximately one week later, encouraging return of the completed survey.

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Perceptions of physical therapists regarding the role, utilization, goals, and cultural issues of physical therapy interventions in the palliative care of functionally dependent elderly.		Baseline

Secondary Outcomes

Not provided

Other Outcomes

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Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Physical Therapists who are members of the APTA and live in the United States
Reported practice in an inpatient or home health setting

Exclusion Criteria:

None

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

18 Years

Maximum Age

Not provided

Standard Ages

AdultOlder Adult

Study Population

Physical Therapists who are members of the APTA and live in the United States.

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Not provided

Overall Officials

Name	Affiliation	Role
Ellen L Gakis-Day, BS PT, DPT	University of Montana	Principal Investigator

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
The Univeristy of Montana, Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy Program		Missoula	Montana	59812	United States

Intervention Browse Module

MeSH Terms

ID	Term
D011795	Surveys and Questionnaires

Ancestor Terms

ID	Term
D003625	Data Collection
D004812	Epidemiologic Methods
D008919	Investigative Techniques
D017531	Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms

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