Intersectoral psycho-oncological help for caregivers and patients with cancer

Phase 2

• Conditions: Distress in oncological patients and their relativesDyadic Coping in oncological patients and their relatives

• Registration Number: DRKS00025936
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Düsseldorf

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2020-12-15
• Study Start: 2021-08-03
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 138

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with oncological disease and in current treatment at the UKD and their partners

- Age of subjects: 18-75 (recorded by the modified version of the Psychooncological Basic Documentation [Po-Bado])

- Marital status (stable partnership - self-assessment of the test person by the modified version of the Psychooncological Basic Documentation [Po-Bado])

- Business and consent capacity (legal term)

- ECOG status 0-2 of both subjects ( 0-relative well-being, 1-minor limitation of well-being, 2-incapacity for normal work) (captured by the modified version of the Psychooncological Basic Documentation [Po-Bado])

- Psychological distress of partner (Captured by the HADS-D sum score; cut-off value = 15)

Exclusion Criteria

- Severity of the patient's oncological disease (late palliative or terminal phase of the disease)

- Severe mental, neurological, or degenerative disorders of the patient's relative (Organic, including symptomatic mental disorders; mental and Behavioral disorders caused by psychotropic substances; Schizophrenia, schizotypal and Delusional disorders due to psychotropic substances; Major depressive episodes).
(recorded by the SKID I)

- insufficient knowledge of the German language

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
HADS-D (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; Herrmann-Lingen, Buss & Snaith, 1995/2011) as a measure of anxiety and depression (general distress). <br>The inventory is completed at T0 (befor intervention) and at T1 (after intervention) and T2 (4 month) by the relative.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
DCI (Dyadic Coping Inventury; Bodenmann, 2011) as a measure of dyadic coping und communication under stressful conditions.<br>The inventory is processed at T0 (before intervention), T1 (after intervention) and T2 (4 month) by the patient and his relative.