Clinical trial · Interventional
Impact of a Systematic Social Work Driven Approach on Medical Power of Attorney Documentation, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs in Participants With Stage I-IV Gynecological Cancers
Preparing Patients and Family Caregivers for Medical Decision Making: Evaluating the Impact of a Systematic Social Work Driven Approach on Medical Power of Attorney Documentation, Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This trial evaluates the impact of a systemic social work driven approach on medical power of attorney documentation, knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs in participants with stage I-IV gynecological cancers. Social work counseling and education may help increase the number of participants who complete medical power of attorney documents. Counseling and education may also affect attitudes about decision-making and willingness to take part in these conversations in participants with stage I-IV gynecological cancers and their family members and/or caregivers.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caregiver | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm | Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Video | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Supportive Care (questionnaires, educational video)
- description
- Participants (patients and family caregiver/MPOA) complete questionnaires about knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of MPOAD. Participants without a MPOAD watch a 4-minute educational video about the importance of the role of MPOA.
- interventionNames
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
- Other: Video
Primary outcomes (6)
- measure
- Proportion of patients who decline to participate in the study
- timeFrame
- Up to 3 months
- description
- Will be reported with 95% confidence intervals. Descriptive demographic and disease characteristics for patients who decline study participation but allow collection of demographic and disease characteristics will be compared to those of participating patients.
- measure
- Proportion of patients who already have medical power of attorney (MPOAD) at consult
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * PATIENTS * Diagnosis of invasive gynecologic malignancy stages 1-4. * New patient in the Gynecologic Oncology Center. * Adequate capacity to understand and complete MPOAD in the opinion of the study investigator or research assistant. * Able to speak and understand English and/or Spanish. * Provision of Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved informed consent. * Available MPOA or primary family caregiver who consents to study participation. * FAMILY CAREGIVER/MPOA * MPOA or if none documented in electronic health record (EHR), primary family caregiver, as designated by the patient. * Permission to contact provided by patient. * Adequate capacity to understand and complete study measures in the opinion of the study investigator or research assistant. * Provision of IRB-approved informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Without a MPOA or available family caregiver.
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