NCT03881579

✓ Unanimous Initial: other

✓ Unanimous Initial: home care Requery: home care — The intervention is delivered through virtual sessions and phone/video calls to community-dwelling participants in their own homes, with the first session being a two-hour virtual session followed by 11 monthly phone/video sessions. Thinking: home care — The intervention consists of virtual sessions and phone/video calls delivered to community-dwelling participants in their own homes.

✓ Unanimous Initial: other Requery: other — The intervention is delivered through virtual sessions and phone/video calls in a community setting, not requiring hospitalization or admission. Thinking: home care — The nurse-led palliative sessions are provided by phone/video to community-dwelling participants, i.e., remotely in their own homes rather than in a facility.

✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The primary intervention is a nurse-led palliative care consult that focuses on supportive care assessments, goals of care discussions, and advance care planning rather than a structured patient or caregiver education program.

✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — This is a nurse-led palliative care intervention providing supportive care assessment and coaching, not a primarily educational/training program. Thinking: no — This is primarily a nurse-led palliative care intervention focused on assessing and addressing supportive care needs and advance care planning, not primarily an educational program.

✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: yes — The intervention involves nurse-led systematic assessment and coaching, which is a primary educational component aimed at eliciting and addressing supportive care needs and facilitating discussions on care goals. Thinking: no — The nurse-led intervention focuses on palliative care assessment, symptom management and care planning rather than delivering a structured educational or training program as its primary purpose.

✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The intervention is fundamentally a nurse-led palliative care consultation delivered via phone or video sessions, which could still be delivered in-person without fundamentally changing the intervention model.

✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: yes — The intervention includes virtual/video sessions as a core delivery mechanism, with the initial palliative consult being a two-hour virtual session and subsequent monthly sessions delivered via phone/video. Thinking: yes — The nurse-led palliative intervention is delivered entirely through virtual sessions and monthly phone/video calls, making digital technology the primary delivery mechanism.

✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: yes — The intervention includes virtual sessions and video sessions as a core component, making digital technology central to the delivery mechanism. Thinking: yes — The supportive care is provided primarily through virtual video/phone telehealth sessions, so digital communication is central to delivering the intervention.