Psychosocial Intervention in Latino Patients with Advanced Cancer

Expanding the Reach of Palliative Care: Pilot Study of a Psychosocial Intervention in Latino Patients with Advanced Cancer

Palliative Care focuses on symptom management and quality of life and helps patients with life-limiting illness match goals and preferences for care. While there has been interest in and acknowledgement that palliative care is an important part of training patient navigators, there have been no previous studies examining the effectiveness of a navigation intervention to improve palliative care for patients. This study will examine the feasibility to implement patient navigator and psychosocial interventions.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults ages > or = 18 years of age
• Must self-identify as Latino/a
• Have stage III/IV cancer
• Seeking or In treatment for their cancer (ie: not in hospice care)
• Not incarcerated
• Have at least moderate baseline distress (> 4 on the NCCN Distress Thermometer) or positive screen for depression (PHQ-2 score >=3) or anxiety (GAD-2 score >=3)

Exclusion Criteria:

-No exclusion criteria listed