Satisfaction With Placement of Implantable Venous Access Devices in Patients With Solid Tumors

OBJECTIVES:

- To determine patient satisfaction with subcutaneous venous-access device placement in
oncology patients.

OUTLINE: Patients complete a computer-based survey while in the treatment area of the
Vanderbilt Oncology Clinic. Basic demographic information and basic information regarding
the placement of the device and complications are collected from the patient's medical
record.

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Diagnosis of a solid tumor malignancy

- No hematological malignancy

- Patient at the Vanderbilt Oncology Clinic

- Has undergone placement of a subcutaneous, single-lumen venous-access device within
the past 6 months

- No patients who have had ≥ 2 venous-access devices placed by ≥ 1 department

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

- Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

- See Disease Characteristics

- Not currently undergoing preparation for or process of stem cell transplantation