Piloting a Patient Tool to Aid Palliative Care Referrals during Advanced Lung Cancer Treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Patient misperceptions are a strong barrier to early palliative care discussions and referrals during advanced lung cancer treatment.

Objectives

We developed and tested the acceptability of a web-based patient-facing palliative care education and screening tool intended for use in a planned multilevel intervention (i.e., patient, clinician, system-level targets).

Methods

We elicited feedback from advanced lung cancer patients (n = 6), oncology and palliative care clinicians (n = 4), and a clinic administrator (n = 1) on the perceived relevance of the intervention. We then tested the prototype of a patient-facing tool for patient acceptability and preliminary effects on patient palliative care knowledge and motivation.

Results

Partners agreed that the in

SUBMITTER: McLouth LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10939763 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature