A Study to Improve Lung Cancer Treatment Decisions Using a Simple Conversation Tool for Patients with Low Health Literacy

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are evaluating how a conversation tool helps patients with lung cancer make treatment decisions. This study focuses on improving patient-centered health and decision-making outcomes, especially for patients with lower health literacy. The goal is to understand what information patients need to participate effectively in shared decision-making about their lung cancer treatment options. Participants are randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group reviews a decision aid designed to support their treatment choices, while the other group receives the standard care. After the intervention, patients are followed up at 2 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months to assess the effects of the conversation tool. During the study, researchers collect data on patient knowledge about lung cancer, decision conflict, satisfaction with communication, confidence in decision-making, and self-efficacy. Additional outcomes include quality of communication, anxiety and depression levels, participation in decision-making, decision regret, and referrals to palliative care. Questionnaires and some recorded clinic conversations are used to gather information over the 6-month follow-up period.

Improving Decision-Making Encounters in Lung Cancer Using a Low-Literacy Conversation Tool