SupporTive Care At Home Research for Patients With Advanced Cancer (STAHR-cancer)

Summary

To test the effects of home-based care on unplanned hospitalization within 6 months among advanced cancer patients with decreased performance status. Home-based care includes education for patients and their family caregivers, home visits by specialized home-based medical staff, and regular status check-ups.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Both the patient and their family caregiver must meet the criteria to be considered for this research.

1. Patient

   1. A person who has an advanced-stage solid cancer diagnosis (ICD-10 code C00-C70); A person who is receiving or planning to receive cancer treatment
   2. A person who meets one of the following conditions

      1. Has been evaluated as having ECOG performance status 2
      2. Has been evaluated as having ECOG performance status 1 and is over 70 years of age
   3. A person who wishes to stay at home
   4. A person whose family caregiver resides at home
   5. A person who wishes to participate in the research
2. Family Caregiver

   1. A family\* member of the patient

      \* Family: refers to the patient's spouse (including a common-law partner), descendants and their spouses up to the second degree, siblings and their spouses, and relatives and their spouses up to the eighth degree.
   2. A person who meets one of the following conditions:

      1. Lives with the patient (patient's household member)
      2. Does not live with the patient, but visits the patient's home more than three times a week
   3. A person who wants the patient to stay at home
   4. A person who can communicate easily with medical staff
   5. A person who wishes to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria:

If either the patient or the family caregiver meets any one of these criteria, they are excluded from the study.

1. Patient

   1. A person who cannot speak, hear, or read Korean
   2. A person who is judged by a medical doctor to be unable to take part in this research due to extremely poor health
   3. A person residing outside the range that can be visited by the respective medical institution (the conditions for distance are to be specified by each medical institution)\*

      \* This condition is not applicable for the control group.
   4. A person who has used hospital- or home-type hospice and palliative care services
   5. A person who is under the age of 19
2. Family Caregiver

   1. A person who cannot speak, hear, or read Korean
   2. A person who is judged by a medical doctor to be unable to take part in this research due to extremely poor health
   3. A person under the age of 19

Conditions5

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