Read article A study looking at emergency hospital admissions for people with lung cancer and other lung conditions - EURECA
This study is looking at the experience people have when being admitted into hospital as an emergency with lung cancer or other lung conditions.
The researchers will talk to people with lung cancer and with other conditions such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. This group of conditions cause difficulty breathing and are grouped by doctors as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – COPD.
By also talking to carers, hospital staff and community staff the researchers hope to understand more about the experiences people have when being admitted into hospital as an emergency.
The aims of this study are to decrease the number of emergency hospital admissions and to improve people’s experience when being admitted to hospital as an emergency.
Recruitment
Phase
Who can enter
You can enter this trial if you are at least 18 years old and have had a recent emergency admission to the University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton or Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham and you
- Have lung cancer that cannot be removed with surgery
OR
- Use home oxygen for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
You cannot enter this trial if you
- Have had major surgery in the last 2 months
- Are admitted as an emergency for a reason not related to your lung condition, for example an emergency admission following a car accident
Trial design
This study will recruit 180 people. It will include 45 patients, 45 carers, 45 hospital health care professionals and 45 community health care professionals.
The 45 patients will be 10 people with lung cancer that cannot be removed with surgery and 5 people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from each of the following hospitals
- University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire
- George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton
- Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham
The researchers will interview you twice. The first interview will be before you are discharged from hospital. This will take 20 to 30 minutes.
The second interview is after your discharge from hospital. They will arrange this at a time and place most convenient for you, either your home or at the University of Warwick or University of Birmingham. This interview will take 30 to 40 minutes. During the interviews you can stop if you feel the need to. The researchers will arrange another time to continue the interview.
The interviews will be about your experience of the emergency admission.
The researchers will also ask you for the names of 2 people who care for you at home, for example a relative or friend, district nurse, community health worker or GP. And also the names of 2 staff members who were involved with your admission, for example nurses, doctors or ambulance crew. With your permission they will contact them and ask a few questions about your admission.
Hospital visits
There are no extra hospital visits if you take part in this study.
Side effects
There are no side effects if you take part in this study.
Some people may get upset during the interview talking about their condition and the stay in hospital. If this occurs the interview will be stopped. And the interviewer will offer you further support if you would like it.
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