Stakeholder-engaged process for refining the design of a clinical trial in home hospice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical trials in home hospice settings are important to build the evidence base for practice, but balancing the burden and benefit of clinical trial conduct for clinicians, patients, and family caregivers is challenging. A stakeholder-engaged process can help inform and refine key aspects of home hospice clinical trials. The aim of this study was to describe a stakeholder-engaged process to refine, design, and implement aspects of an educational intervention trial in home hospice, including recommendations for refining intervention content and delivery, recruitment and enrollment strategies, and content and frequency of outcome measurement.

Methods

A panel of interprofessional (1 hospice administrator, 3 nurses, 2 physicians, 2 pharmacists) and 2 former family c

SUBMITTER: Tjia J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8091786 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature