Active — Not RecruitingNot Applicable

Patient Considerations of Social Media Account Management After Death

United States117 participantsStarted 2020-12-22

Plain-language summary

This study examines how supportive care clinic patients have made decisions or had discussions about how their caregivers or family should manage their social media account(s) after death. Collecting information on the use of social media and preferences will allow for a better understanding of patient's needs in the dying process and may identify populations in need of education, identify a possible source of anxiety and stress, and allow for an informed discussion of digital legacy.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with at least 1 follow-up visit to the outpatient Supportive Care Clinic at MDACC * Patients with any type of advanced cancer * Patients aged 18 years or older * Patients who have used social media * Patients able to read and write in English Exclusion Criteria: * Delirium as diagnosed by treating Supportive Care Center (SCC) physician or Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) score \>= 7

What they're measuring

Proportion of patients with advanced cancer in the supportive cancer clinic who have had discussions regarding their social media account

Timeframe: through study completion, an average of 1 year

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05035667

SponsorM.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2026-12-31

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