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NCT Number: NCT00045019

Study to Assess Cancer Patients' Satisfaction With Hospital Quality of Care

RATIONALE: Questionnaires may help determine cancer patients' satisfaction with the quality of care they received in the hospital.

PURPOSE: Clinical trial to determine the effectiveness of questionnaires in assessing cancer patients' satisfaction with the quality of care they received in the hospital.

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Key information

Conditions

Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

About this study

OBJECTIVES:

Determine the scale structure, reliability, and validity of the QLQ-SAT32 patient satisfaction module in assessing the perception of the quality of care received in hospitals by patients with cancer.
Determine the success of the QLQ-SAT32 patient satisfaction module when used with the QLQ-C30 core quality of life questionnaire, in terms of expanding on quality of life evaluation or providing information on treatment acceptability or preference of these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a descriptive, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to age (18 to 49 vs 50 and over) and the cancer therapy received in hospital (surgery vs chemotherapy).

Patients in all strata receive the QLQ-SAT32 and QLQ-C30 questionnaires, a debriefing questionnaire, and the Oberst patient satisfaction visual analog scale prior to hospital discharge. Patients complete the materials at home within 7 days of discharge. A group of 100 patients have a repeat QLQ-SAT32 module mailed to them to be completed within 7 days of receipt of first questionnaire.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 640-768 patients (160-192 per stratum) will be accrued for this study.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

Histologically confirmed cancer
Hospitalization of at least 3 days
No clinical evidence of brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

18 and over

Performance status

Not specified

Life expectancy

Not specified

Hematopoietic

Not specified

Hepatic

Not specified

Renal

Not specified

Other

No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition that would preclude study
Able to understand the language of the questionnaire
Mentally fit to complete a questionnaire

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

Not specified

Chemotherapy

Prior chemotherapy allowed

Endocrine therapy

Not specified

Radiotherapy

Not specified

Surgery

Prior surgery for cancer allowed

Other

No concurrent participation in other quality of life studies that would preclude this study

Treatment and study plan

Quality-of-Life Assessment

Other

QLQ-C30 SAT32

Other names: QoL

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

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Registry information

Official study title

An International Field-Testing Study Of The Reliability And Validity Of A Patient Satisfaction Module (QLQ-SAT32) Assessing Cancer Patients' Perception Of The Quality Of Care Received Within The Hospital

Important dates

Study start: 2002
Primary completion: 2004
Study completion: 2005
First posted: Jan 27, 2003
Registry last updated: Aug 27, 2012

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