This study is NOT currently recruiting participants.
Number
16-CC-0056
Sponsoring Institute
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Recruitment Detail
Type: Completed Study; data analyses ongoing Gender: Male & Female Min Age: 18 Max Age: N/A
Referral Letter Required
No
Population Exclusion(s)
Non-English Speaking;Children
Keywords
Palliative Care; Pain; Community Health; Natural History
Recruitment Keyword(s)
None
Condition(s)
Palliative Care; Critical Illness
Investigational Drug(s)
Investigational Device(s)
Intervention(s)
Supporting Site
NIH Clinical Center
People undergo many changes when they have a life-threatening illness. Their values may change. They may have less fear of illness and death. They may become more spiritual. Researchers made a questionnaire called HEALS (Healing Experience During All Life Stressors). They want to use it to better understand these positive changes. They hope to provide better care for people with serious illnesses.
Objectives:
To develop the HEALS tool to better understand psycho-social-spiritual healing in people with serious illnesses. Also, to find out how palliative care services help people handle their illness or stress.
Eligibility:
Adults at least 18 years old at least 91 days after being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. They must be getting:
Inpatient or outpatient palliative care at NIH Clinical Center OR
Inpatient palliative care at Suburban Hospital OR
NIH outpatient palliative care provided at Mobile Medical Care Clinic
Design:
Participants will be screened with questions to make sure they are eligible.
Participants will have 1 individual research session. This will be at the NIH Clinical Center.
Participants will be interviewed by a research team member. They will be asked about changes in a person s way of living that might happen during or after a serious illness.
Participants will be asked for their thoughts and opinions about the questions. They will be asked what ideas they may have to make the questions better.
Interviews will be audiotaped.
Participants will be asked some questions specific to their care location and team. These are to better understand how their services are helping participants.
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INCLUSION CRITERIA: - Adults age greater than or equal to 18 years. The instrument under study for validation in this protocol is a self-assessment specifically designed for adult populations. Adults above the age of 18 are able to use logic, deductive reasoning, think more about the world / environment and has an understanding and ability to apply abstract ideas, which are all necessary for retrospective cognitive processes - Understand and speak English - Oriented to person, time and place at time of interview - Physician diagnosed with life threatening illness - 91+ days post diagnosis of life threatening illness - Receiving inpatient or outpatient palliative care at NIH Clinical Center, inpatient palliative Care at Suburban Hospital, and NIH outpatient palliative care provided at the Mobile Medical Care Clinic EXCLUSION CRITERIA: - Patients with known brain metastases will be excluded because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of the assessment questions -Inability to provide informed consent -Inability to meet inclusion criteria
- Adults age greater than or equal to 18 years. The instrument under study for validation in this protocol is a self-assessment specifically designed for adult populations. Adults above the age of 18 are able to use logic, deductive reasoning, think more about the world / environment and has an understanding and ability to apply abstract ideas, which are all necessary for retrospective cognitive processes
- Understand and speak English
- Oriented to person, time and place at time of interview
- Physician diagnosed with life threatening illness
- 91+ days post diagnosis of life threatening illness
- Receiving inpatient or outpatient palliative care at NIH Clinical Center, inpatient palliative Care at Suburban Hospital, and NIH outpatient palliative care provided at the Mobile Medical Care Clinic
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Patients with known brain metastases will be excluded because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of the assessment questions
-Inability to provide informed consent
-Inability to meet inclusion criteria
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