Addressing Health Literacy With a Tailored Survivorship Care Plan
Trial Parameters
Brief Summary
This clinical trial compares the impact of a tailored survivorship care plan (SCP) to a standard SCP on the understanding of and access to survivorship care in black or African American patients with prostate cancer that has not spread to other parts of the body (localized) or that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to a limited number of places in the body (oligometastatic). SCPs summarize treatment history and recommendations for monitoring and maintaining health, and may also include potential long term effects of treatments received. The intention of a SCP is to help patients participate in their own health care. However, many patients have below basic levels of health literacy, meaning, they have a lower ability to obtain, communicate, process and understand basic health information and services to make health decisions. In fact, poor health literacy has been linked with worse quality of life in prostate cancer survivors. A tailored SCP includes the addition of an educational supplement based on lower reading and writing skills (low literacy) and may address health literacy barriers to understanding of treatment options and side effects. A standard SCP uses a template based on the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) guidelines for prostate cancer. A tailored SCP with low literacy educational supplements may be more effective compared to a standard SCP in improving understanding and access to survivorship care in black or African American patients with localized or oligometastatic prostate cancer.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Black and African American men who are disease-free after completing primary surgery and/or radiation treatment for localized or oligometastatic prostate cancer between 1 to 4 years prior to enrollment. (Race/ethnicity per medical records and self report) * Patients who are still receiving adjuvant androgen deprivation therapy following primary radiation with non-palliative intent may be included Exclusion Criteria: * Dementia or cognitive impairment per provider clinical assessment * Unable to give informed consent in the judgement of the patient's oncology provider * Recurrent prostate cancer after primary treatment * Less than 18 years of age at the time of informed consent * Diagnosis of active second malignancy requiring treatment * Individuals who are not able to clearly understand English since the outcome measures require understanding of English