At a glance
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Lay Health Worker Engage, Educate, and Encourage Patients to Share
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Lay Health Worker Intervention and Usual Care for End of Life and Cancer. Completed, enrolled 160 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of the LEAPS program is to understand how a trained lay health worker who engages with newly diagnosed patients after a diagnosis of an advanced stage of cancer can help to engage patients in advance care planning, improve patient satisfaction with their decision-making, activation, quality of life, and healthcare resource utilization.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Patients randomized into the intervention will be assigned a lay health worker who will contact the patient to begin the intervention. The intervention includes: education on early advance care planning, documenting goals of care, assessing symptoms, and coordinating community services (such as home health, home visits, and home hospice). The intervention is provided along with usual care as provided by Unite Here Health and local oncologists.
Usual care as provided by Unite Here Health and local oncologists