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EMPOWER 3: Improving Palliative Care Health Literacy and Utilization
Tulane University
Cancer
Neoplasm Malignant
Through this award, Michael Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, a psychologist at the Tulane Cancer
Center in Louisiana, will lead a study called EMPOWER 3 designed to test an educational
intervention to help patients understand palliative care, use it, and feel better
emotionally and physically. Participants will... expand
Through this award, Michael Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, a psychologist at the Tulane Cancer Center in Louisiana, will lead a study called EMPOWER 3 designed to test an educational intervention to help patients understand palliative care, use it, and feel better emotionally and physically. Participants will be adults with serious cancer diagnoses. Participants will be randomized into two groups. Patients in the control group will get enhanced usual care, meaning standard cancer care and several additional healthcare-related brochures. Patients in the intervention group will get enhanced usual care plus an educational video developed by the investigators and other materials designed to increase understanding and use of palliative care. Family members of patients in the intervention group may also attend if desired. The investigators will track participants' understanding of palliative care, attitudes toward palliative care, symptoms over 6 months of follow-up, and palliative care utilization. Type: Interventional Start Date: Mar 2021 |