Patient and clinician experience of a serious illness conversation guide in oncology: A descriptive analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

Oncology guidelines recommend earlier communication with patients about prognosis and goals-of-care in serious illness. However, current evidence leaves gaps in our understanding of the experience of these conversations. This analysis evaluates the patient and clinician experience of a conversation using a Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG).

Design/setting

Secondary analysis from a cluster-randomized clinical trial in a northeastern cancer center.

Participants

Physicians, advanced practice clinicians, and patients with advanced cancer who received the intervention.

Intervention

SICG, clinician training, systems-changes.

Main outcomes and measures

The patient questionnaire assessed perceptions of the conversation and impact on

SUBMITTER: Paladino J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7333843 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature