Clinical trial NCT03656224: Survey of Post-Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Safety Concerns in Participants With Cancer
Official title: Survey of Post-Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Safety Concerns in the Cancer Population
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Malignant Neoplasm
Lead sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2018-09-04
Enrollment: 261
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Participants who are discharged from the acute cancer inpatient rehabilitation unit to personal residence

Brief summary: This trial studies a survey of post-acute inpatient rehabilitation safety concerns in participants with cancer. Collecting patients' feedback via surveys may help doctors to learn more about the safety concerns that patients have when they are discharged from the acute inpatient cancer rehabilitation unit.

Detailed description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Assess patients' perceptions regarding safety after acute inpatient rehabilitation at discharge and after approximately one month from discharge date.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Assess patient's perception of factors impacting continuity of care at discharge and after approximately one month from discharge date.

II. Determine the frequency of reported falls and the circumstance surrounding reported falls during hospitalization and within approximately one month from discharge date.

III. Determine the frequency of reported near falls and the circumstance surrounding reported near falls within approximately one month from discharge date.

IV. Identify demographic and clinical characteristics associated with feeling safe and unsafe.

OUTLINE:

Participants complete surveys over 15 minutes at 1-2 days before discharge and at 1 month after discharge.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* All patients who are discharged from the acute cancer inpatient rehabilitation unit to personal residence (house, apartment, condominium, hotel, assisted living, etc.)
* Patients who provide informed consent
* English-speaking participants

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients discharged to another hospital or health facility (Skilled Nursing Facility \[SNF\], Long Term Acute Care Hospital \[LTACH\], inpatient hospice, etc.)
* Patients with moderate to severe cognitive deficits as determined by speech language pathologist and/or rehabilitation physician
* Patients who were re-hospitalized at any time during study period (since completion of first survey in the hospital and discharged from the hospital until approximately one month after discharge
* Patients who were readmitted to acute inpatient rehabilitation service and previously completed both surveys

Primary outcomes:
measure: Patients' perceptions regarding safety after acute inpatient rehabilitation
timeFrame: 1 month after discharge
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Frequency of experiencing falls and/or near falls
timeFrame: 1 month after discharge
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: M D Anderson Cancer Center
state: Texas
Study officials:
affiliation: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
name: Jegy Tennison
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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