| Primary | Change in Quality of Life for Patients, as Measured by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General (FACT-G) |
- Measured by change from enrollment to 6 months
- Used to measure a person's quality of life
- 27 questions total
- 5-point Likert scale
- Reverse code select items per scoring guidelines at facit.org, then calculate a summary score for each respondent. The total score ranges from 0-108 points; higher scores indicate greater quality of life.
| Caregivers were not assessed for this outcome measure. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 6 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Patients Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Patients Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
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| | | Title | Measurements |
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| - OG0003.7± 14.6
- OG0013.1± 15
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| Secondary | Number of Emergency Department (ED) Revisits | Measured from enrollment to 12 months as a count of ED revisits, via self-report and EHR abstraction. | Caregivers were not assessed for this outcome measure. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | Revisits | | Up to Month 12 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Patients Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Patients Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
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| Secondary | Number of Inpatient Days | Measured from enrollment to 12 months as the number of inpatient days, via self-report and EHR extraction. | Caregivers were not assessed for this outcome measure. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | Days | | Up to Month 12 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Patients Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Patients Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
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| Secondary | Proportion of Participants Who Used Hospice | Measured from enrollment to 12 months as the proportion of participants who used hospice, via self-report and EHR abstraction. | Caregivers were not assessed for this outcome measure. | Posted | | Number | | Proportion of participants | | Up to Month 12 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Patients Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Patients Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
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| Secondary | Change in Loneliness, as Measured by the Three-Item Loneliness Scale |
- Used to measure how often a person feels disconnected from others
- Three questions total
- 3-point rating scale (1 = Hardly ever, 2 = Some of the time, 3 = Often)
- Total score is the sum of responses and ranges from 3 to 9; higher scores indicate greater loneliness.
- measured by change from enrollment to 3 months
| Caregivers were not assessed for this outcome measure. | Posted | | Median | Inter-Quartile Range | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 3 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Patients Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Patients Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
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| Secondary | Change in Loneliness, as Measured by the Three-Item Loneliness Scale |
- Used to measure how often a person feels disconnected from others
- Three questions total
- 3-point rating scale (1 = Hardly ever, 2 = Some of the time, 3 = Often)
- Total score is the sum of responses and ranges from 3 to 9; higher scores indicate greater loneliness.
- measured by change from enrollment to 6 months
| Caregivers were not assessed for this outcome measure. | Posted | | Median | Inter-Quartile Range | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 6 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Patients Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Patients Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
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| Secondary | Change in Loneliness, as Measured by the Three-Item Loneliness Scale |
- Used to measure how often a person feels disconnected from others
- Three questions total
- 3-point rating scale (1 = Hardly ever, 2 = Some of the time, 3 = Often)
- Total score is the sum of responses and ranges from 3 to 9; higher scores indicate greater loneliness.
- measured by change from enrollment to 12 months
| Caregivers were not assessed for this outcome measure. | Posted | | Median | Inter-Quartile Range | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 12 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Patients Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Patients Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
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| Secondary | Change in Symptom Burden, as Measured by Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale Revised (ESAS-r) |
- Used to measure severity of symptoms
- 10 questions
- Each item is rated on a 0-10 scale (0= none to 10 worst possible)
- Total score ranges from 0 to 100; higher scores indicate greater severity of symptoms.
- measured by change from enrollment to 3 months
| Caregivers were not assessed for this outcome measure. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 3 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Patients Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Patients Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
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| Secondary | Change in Symptom Burden, as Measured by Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale Revised (ESAS-r) |
- Used to measure severity of symptoms
- 10 questions
- Each item is rated on a 0-10 scale (0= none to 10 worst possible)
- Total score ranges from 0 to 100; higher scores indicate greater severity of symptoms.
- measured by change from enrollment to 6 months
| Caregivers were not assessed for this outcome measure. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 6 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Patients Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Patients Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
|
| Secondary | Change in Symptom Burden, as Measured by Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale Revised (ESAS-r) |
- Used to measure severity of symptoms
- 10 questions
- Each item is rated on a 0-10 scale (0= none to 10 worst possible)
- Total score ranges from 0 to 100; higher scores indicate greater severity of symptoms.
- measured by change from enrollment to 12 months
| Caregivers were not assessed for this outcome measure. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 12 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Patients Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Patients Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
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| Secondary | Change in Caregiver Physical Health Quality of Life, as Measured by the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS-10) |
- Quality of life for informal caregivers will be measured using the 10-item Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS-10), an instrument designed to measure perceptions of health using global health items. It contains a global physical health scale and a global mental health scale.
- Scored by reverse coding with a raw score ranging from 0-20; 0 points represent the patient's most severe physical and/or mental impairment, while 20 points represent the best possible state of health. Scales are scored using the raw sum to T-score tables for physical health and mental health. T-scores range from 0-100; higher scores reflect better functioning.
- measured by change from enrollment to 3 months
| Patient participants were not assessed for this outcome measure; only Caregiver participants were assessed. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 3 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Caregivers Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 |
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| Secondary | Change in Caregiver Physical Health Quality of Life, as Measured by the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS-10) |
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Quality of life for informal caregivers will be measured using the 10-item Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS-10), an instrument designed to measure perceptions of health using global health items. It contains a global physical health scale and a global mental health scale.
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Scored by reverse coding with a raw score ranging from 0-20; 0 points represent the patient's most severe physical and/or mental impairment, while 20 points represent the best possible state of health. Scales are scored using the raw sum to T-score tables for physical health and mental health. T-scores range from 0-100; higher scores reflect better functioning.
- measured by change from enrollment to 6 months
| Patient participants were not assessed for this outcome measure; only Caregiver participants were assessed. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 6 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Caregivers Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 |
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| Secondary | Change in Caregiver Physical Health Quality of Life, as Measured by the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS-10) |
-
Quality of life for informal caregivers will be measured using the 10-item Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS-10), an instrument designed to measure perceptions of health using global health items. It contains a global physical health scale and a global mental health scale.
-
Scored by reverse coding with a raw score ranging from 0-20; 0 points represent the patient's most severe physical and/or mental impairment, while 20 points represent the best possible state of health. Scales are scored using the raw sum to T-score tables for physical health and mental health. T-scores range from 0-100; higher scores reflect better functioning.
- measured by change from enrollment to 12 months
| Patient participants were not assessed for this outcome measure; only Caregiver participants were assessed. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 12 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Caregivers Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 |
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| Secondary | Caregiver Bereavement, as Measured by the Texas Inventory of Grief |
- Measured at 3 months post-patient death
- Used to measure a caregiver's bereavement
- 19 items; each rated on a 5-point scale from 0 (never) to 4 (always)
- Total score is the sum of responses and ranges from 0 to 76; higher scores indicate greater levels of grief
| Patient participants were not assessed for this outcome measure; only Caregiver participants were assessed. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | 3 Months Post-Patient Death | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Caregivers Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Caregivers Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
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| Secondary | Change in Caregiver Strain, as Measured by the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI-12) |
- Measured as change from enrollment to Month 3
- Used to measure a caregiver's strain
- 12 items; each rated on a 3-point scale from 0 (yes, on a regular basis) to 3 (no)
- Total score is the sum of responses and ranges from 0 to 48; higher scores indicate greater burden
| Patient participants were not assessed for this outcome measure; only Caregiver participants were assessed. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 3 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Caregivers Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Caregivers Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
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| Secondary | Change in Caregiver Strain, as Measured by the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI-12) |
- Measured as change from enrollment to Month 6
- Used to measure a caregiver's strain
- 12 items; each rated on a 3-point scale from 0 (yes, on a regular basis) to 3 (no)
- Total score is the sum of responses and ranges from 0 to 48; higher scores indicate greater burden
| Patient participants were not assessed for this outcome measure; only Caregiver participants were assessed. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 6 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Caregivers Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Caregivers Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
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| Secondary | Change in Caregiver Strain, as Measured by the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI-12) |
- Measured as change from enrollment to Month 12
- Used to measure a caregiver's strain
- 12 items; each rated on a 3-point scale from 0 (yes, on a regular basis) to 3 (no)
- Total score is the sum of responses and ranges from 0 to 48; higher scores indicate greater burden
| Patient participants were not assessed for this outcome measure; only Caregiver participants were assessed. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 12 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Caregivers Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Caregivers Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
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| Secondary | Change in Quality of Life for Patients, as Measured by the FACT-G |
- Measured by change from enrollment to 3 months
- Used to measure a person's quality of life
- 27 questions total
- 5-point Likert scale
- Reverse code select items per scoring guidelines at facit.org, then calculate a summary score for each respondent. The total score ranges from 0-108 points; higher scores indicate greater quality of life.
| Caregivers were not assessed for this outcome measure. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 3 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Patients Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Patients Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
|
| Secondary | Change in Quality of Life for Patients, as Measured by the FACT-G |
- Measured by change from enrollment to 12 months
- Used to measure a person's quality of life
- 27 questions total
- 5-point Likert scale
- Reverse code select items per scoring guidelines at facit.org, then calculate a summary score for each respondent. The total score ranges from 0-108 points; higher scores indicate greater quality of life.
| Caregivers were not assessed for this outcome measure. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 12 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Patients Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 | Facilitated, Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care (Patients Only) |
- Patients will be scheduled for their first in-person palliative care visit within two weeks of enrollment and then once a month for 6 months.
- Clinic visits will be scheduled the same day as other specialty appointments if possible
Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care: In-person or telehealth palliative care visits with a palliative care provider. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. |
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| Secondary | Change in Caregiver Mental Health Quality of Life, as Measured by the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS-10) |
- Quality of life for informal caregivers will be measured using the 10-item Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS-10), an instrument designed to measure perceptions of health using global health items. It contains a global physical health scale and a global mental health scale.
- Scored by reverse coding with a raw score ranging from 0-20; 0 points represent the patient's most severe physical and/or mental impairment, while 20 points represent the best possible state of health. Scales are scored using the raw sum to T-score tables for physical health and mental health. T-scores range from 0-100; higher scores reflect better functioning.
- Measured by change from enrollment to 3 months
| Patient participants were not assessed for this outcome measure; only Caregiver participants were assessed. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 3 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Caregivers Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 |
|
| Secondary | Change in Caregiver Physical Health Quality of Life, as Measured by the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS-10) |
- Quality of life for informal caregivers will be measured using the 10-item Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS-10), an instrument designed to measure perceptions of health using global health items. It contains a global physical health scale and a global mental health scale.
- Scored by reverse coding with a raw score ranging from 0-20; 0 points represent the patient's most severe physical and/or mental impairment, while 20 points represent the best possible state of health. Scales are scored using the raw sum to T-score tables for physical health and mental health. T-scores range from 0-100; higher scores reflect better functioning.
- Measured by change from enrollment to 6 months
| Patient participants were not assessed for this outcome measure; only Caregiver participants were assessed. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 6 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Caregivers Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 |
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| Secondary | Change in Caregiver Physical Health Quality of Life, as Measured by the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS-10) |
- Quality of life for informal caregivers will be measured using the 10-item Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS-10), an instrument designed to measure perceptions of health using global health items. It contains a global physical health scale and a global mental health scale.
- Scored by reverse coding with a raw score ranging from 0-20; 0 points represent the patient's most severe physical and/or mental impairment, while 20 points represent the best possible state of health. Scales are scored using the raw sum to T-score tables for physical health and mental health. T-scores range from 0-100; higher scores reflect better functioning.
- Measured by change from enrollment to 6 months
| Patient participants were not assessed for this outcome measure; only Caregiver participants were assessed. | Posted | | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | | Baseline, Month 12 | | | | ID | Title | Description |
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| OG000 | Nurse-led Telephonic Case Management (Caregivers Only) |
- Telephonic nurses will contact patients within 72 hours of enrollment
- Patients will speak with the telephonic nurse over the phone once a week (or as often as needed) for a duration of 6 months.
Nurse-led telephonic case management: Telephonic meetings with a palliative care nurse. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing a personalized layer of support dedicated to helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness. | | OG001 |
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