Assessment of What Patients and Healthcare Providers Value

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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To assess the importance patients place on each of the attributes of value (i.e., outcomes, quality of life [QOL], cost, experience), and how these patientsâ€™ views differ depending on the stage of their therapy (pretreatment, preoperative therapy, post-operative, long-term surveillance, recurrence).

Detailed Description
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To assess the importance patients place on each of the attributes of value (i.e., outcomes, quality of life [QOL], cost, experience). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess which attributes of value (i.e., outcomes, QOL, cost, experience) health care providers (i.e., physicians, nurses, administrators) feel are most important in health care delivery. II. To assess how these patients' views differ depending on the stage of their therapy (pretreatment, preoperative therapy, post-operative, long-term surveillance, recurrence). III. To assess how patients' view differ to health providers. OUTLINE: Patients and healthcare providers complete a survey over 10-15 minutes.

Official Title
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What Do You Value? A Survey Study Assessing How Patients and Health Care Providers Weigh the Different Components of the Value Equation

Conditions
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Gastric Adenocarcinoma, Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Survey Administration


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Any patient who has been treated, or is anticipated to be treated, for potentially resectable, biopsy-proven pancreatic adenocarcinoma, pancreatic neuroendocrine malignancy, or gastric adenocarcinoma Providers involved in the care of gastric and pancreatic cancer patients. Providers will include non-collaborative surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, administrators, nurses, mid-level providers Able to understand the description of the study and willing to participate Exclusion Criteria: Inability to read and answer questions in English

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Observational (survey administration)<br>Patients and healthcare providers complete a survey over 10-15 minutes. | Other: Survey Administration<br>* Complete survey<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Importance patients place on each of the attributes of value (i.e., outcomes, quality of life [QOL], cost, experience) | We will calculate the mean rank of patients yielding usable data and its corresponding 95% confidence interval. Patient characteristics and survey items will be summarized using descriptive statistics, including means, standard deviations (SDs), proportions, range, and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), etc. | Survey completion up to 1 year | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Most important attributes of value to healthcare providers | Provider characteristics and survey items will be summarized using descriptive statistics, including means, SDs, proportions, range, and 95% CIs, etc. | Survey completion up to 1 year | 
| Importance care providers (i.e., physicians, nurses, administrators) place on each of the attributes of value (i.e., outcomes, quality of life [QOL], cost, experience) | Chi-square tests (or Fisher's exact test) will be used to compare the results between patients and providers. | Survey completion up to 1 year |