The Effect of Enhanced Behavioral Healthcare on Self-Reported Depression, Anxiety, and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients With Musculoskeletal Sarcoma Undergoing Surgery: A Randomized Pilot Study
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of early access to mental healthcare during sarcoma treatment as well as to assess the association between early access to psychiatric care and depression, anxiety, postoperative outcomes, and patient satisfaction in patients undergoing surgery for musculoskeletal sarcoma.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥18 years * Tissue diagnosis of primary bone or soft tissue sarcoma o Note: high suspicion of sarcoma on history and imaging acceptable, if reviewed and approved by the PI * Presenting to the Orthopaedic Surgery Service * Treatment plan includes surgery at MSK for treatment of the primary sarcoma * No previous treatment for sarcoma * Proficient in English * As determined by use of the Census-LEP question * The patient's response to the question: "How well do you speak English?" must be "very-well" for inclusion. Additionally, English must be identified as the…
Interventions
- Otherreferral to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
The primary intervention in this study is referral to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. This study will not dictate specific psychiatry interventions beyond providing the referral.
Locations (8)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)Basking Ridge, New Jersey
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)Middletown, New Jersey
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)Montvale, New Jersey
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Limited Protocol Activities )Commack, New York
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities)Harrison, New York
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All protocol activites)New York, New York