An advanced practice nurse coordinated multidisciplinary intervention for patients with late-stage cancer: A cluster randomized trial

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 962-969

  McCorkle, Ruth ^a   Jeon, Sangchoon ^a   Ercolano, Elizabeth ^a   Lazenby, Mark ^a   Reid, Amanda ^b   Davies, Marianne ^b   Viveiros, Diane ^b   Gettinger, Scott ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGED; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84946140593     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2015.0113     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Weisman AD, Worden JW. The existential plight in cancer: Significance of the first 100 days. Int J Psychiatry Med 1976; 7: 1-15.
2. Tsai JS, Wu CH, Chiu TY, et al. Symptom patterns of advanced cancer patients in a palliative care unit. Palliat Med 2006; 20: 617-622.
3. Temel JS, Greer JA, Muzikansy A, et al. Early palliative care for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. N Eng J Med 2010; 363: 733-742.
4. Ferris FD, Bruera E, Cherny N, et al. Palliative cancer care a decade later: Accomplishments, the need, next steps- from the American society of Clinical Oncology. J Clin Oncol 2009: 27: 3052-3058.
5. McCorkle R, Benoliel JQ, Donaldson G, et al. A randomized clinical trial of home nursing care for lung cancer patients. Cancer 1989; 64: 1375-1382.
6. McCorkle R, Jepson C, Yost L, et al. The impact of posthospital home care on patients with cancer. Res Nurs Health 1994; 17: 243-251.
7. McCorkle R, Hughes L, Robinson L, et al. Nursing interventions for newly diagnosed older cancer patients facing terminal illness. J Palliat Care 1998; 14: 39-45.
8. McCorkle R, Strumpf N, Nuamah I, et al. A specialized home care intervention improves survival among older post-surgical cancer patients. J Am Geriatric Soc 2000; 48: 1707-1713.
9. McCorkle R, Dowd M, Ercolano E, et al. Effects of a nursing intervention on quality life outcomes in post-surgical women with gynecological cancers. Psycho-Oncology 2009; 18: 62-70.
10. Given BA, Given CW, Espinosa C. Symptom Toolkit. Family Care Research Program, Michigan State University, 2003.
11. Berkman LF, Breslow L. Health and ways of living: The Alameda County Study.New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.
12. National Comprehensive Cancer Network: NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology: Distress Management, Version 1. 2011. www.nccn.org/professionals/physician-gls/pdf/distress.pdf (last accessed August 14, 2015).
13. Cooley ME, Short TH, Moriarty HJ. Symptom prevalence, distress, and change over time in adults receiving treatment for lung cancer. Psycho-Oncology 2003; 12: 694-708.
14. Lorig R, Sobel DS, Stewart AL, et al. Evidence suggesting that a chronic disease self-management program can improve health status while reducing hospitalization. Med Care 1999; 37: 3-14.
15. Kroenke K, Spitzer RL. The PHQ-9: A new depression and diagnostic severity measure. Psychiatric Ann 2002; 32: 509-521.
16. Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JB. The PHQ-9: Validity of a brief depression severity measure. J Gen Inter Med 2001; 16: 606-613.
17. Tang S, McCorkle R. A Users Manual for the Enforced Social Dependency Scale. New Haven, CT. Yale School of Nursing, 2002.
18. Richmond T, Tang ST, Tulman L, et al. Measuring function. In. Frank-Stromborg M, Olsen SJ (eds): Instruments for Clinical Health-Care Research, 3rd ed. Boston: Jones and Bartlett, 2004.
19. Ware JE Jr., Kosinski M, Keller SD. A 12-item short-form health survey: Construction of scales and preliminary tests of reliability and validity. Med Care 1996; 34: 220-233.
20. Cella DF, Tulsky DS. Quality of life in cancer: Definition, purpose, and method of measurement. Cancer Invest 1993; 11: 327-336.
21. Herrmann C. International experiences with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale: A review of validation data and clinical results. J Psychosom Res 1997; 42: 17-41.
22. Mishel M. Uncertainty in Illness Scales Manual. Chapel Hill, NC. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1997.
23. Lorig KH, Ritter PL, Laurent DD, Fries JF. Long-Term randomized controlled trials of tailored-print and smallgroup arthritis self-management interventions. Med Care 2004; 42: 346-354.
24. McCorkle R, Benoliel JQ. Symptom distress, current concerns, and mood disturbance after diagnosis of lifethreatening disease. Soc Sci Med 1983; 17: 431-438.
25. Tocchi C, McCorkle R, Knobf T, Ercolano E. Multidisciplinary specialty teams: Perceptions of care that influenced outcomes of patients with advanced cancer. J Adv Pract Oncol.
26. Bakitas M, Lyons KD, Hegel MT, et al. Effects of a palliative care intervention on clinical outcomes in patients with advanced cancer: The Project ENABLE II randomized control trial. JAMA 2009; 302: 741-749.
27. Wagner E, Ludman E, Bowles E, et al. Nurse navigators in early cancer care: A randomized, controlled trial. J Clin Oncol 2013; 32: 12-18.
28. Uitdehang M, Van Putten P, Van Eijck C, et al. Nurse-led follow-up at home vs. conventional medical outpatient clinic follow-up in patients with incurable upper gastrointestional cancer: A randomized study. J Pain Symptom Manage 2014; 47: 518-530.
29. Schenker Y, White D, Rosenzweig M, et al. Care management by oncology nurses to address palliative care needs: A pilot trial to assess feasibility, acceptability, and perceived effectiveness of the CONNECT Intervention. J Palliat Med 2015; 18: 232-240.
30. Zimmermann C, Swami N, Krzyzanowska M, et al. Early palliative care for patients with advanced cancer: A clusterrandomised controlled trial. Lancet 2014; 383: 1721-1730.
31. McCorkle R, Engelking C, Lazenby M, et al. Perceptions of roles, practice patterns, and professional growth opportunities: Broadening the scope of advanced practice in oncology. Clin J Oncol Nurs 2012; 16: 382-387.
32. McCorkle R, Knobf MT, Engelking C, et al. Transition to a new oncology care deliver service: Opportunity for empowerment of the role of the advanced practice provider. J Adv Pract Oncol 2012; 3: 34-42.
33. Brar SS, Hong NL, Wright FC: Multidisciplinary cancer care: Does it improve outcomes? J Surg Oncol 2014 110 494-499.
34. Chirgwin J, Craike M, Gray C, et al. Does multidisciplinary care enhance the management of advanced breast cancer? Evaluation of advanced breast cancer multidisciplinary team meetings. J Oncol Pract 2010; 6: 294-300.
35. BellM, McKenzie J. Designing psycho-oncology randomized trials and cluster randomized trials: Variance components and intra-cluster correlation of commonly used psychosocial measures. Psycho-Oncology 2013; 22: 1738-1747.