Support Needs and Preferences of Family Caregivers of Lung Cancer Patients

Completed

• Conditions: Lung Cancer
• Interventions: Behavioral: Questionnaires/Interviews

• Registration Number: NCT00967083
• Lead Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Brief Summary

This study is being done to learn what the needs are in relation to the family members. Some family members seek counseling; others do not. The institution wants to try to understand why and wants to see if they can improve our support services for family members.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-08
• Study First Submitted: 2009-08-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-08-26
• Study First Posted: 2009-08-27
• Status Verified: 2014-12
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-12-10
• Last Update Posted: 2014-12-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 53

Inclusion Criteria

• Primary family caregiver identified by a patient who is approximately within 4 to 6 weeks of a new visit to a thoracic clinic and receiving cancer care at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center or Queens Cancer Center
• Caregiver is at least 18 years of age.
• Caregiver has adequate English fluency for completion of data collection. The surveys were designed and validated in English and are not currently available in other languages. Translation of questionnaires into other languages would require reestablishing the reliability and validity of these measures. Therefore, participants must be able to communicate in English to complete the surveys.
• Clinically meaningful distress defined as a score of 8 or greater on the Anxiety or Depression subscale of the HADS (see Bjelland et al., 2002; Zigmond & Snaith, 1983).

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Exclusion Criteria

• Patients or caregivers exhibiting significant psychiatric or cognitive impairment (dementia/delirium, retardation, active psychosis) that in the judgment of the investigators would preclude providing informed consent and study participation
• Patient has lung cancer recurrence
• Currently participating in a psychosocial intervention trial

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
family caregivers of lung cancer patients	Questionnaires/Interviews	In this 2-year pilot study, we plan to screen family caregivers of lung cancer patients within 4 to 6 weeks after the a new visit to the thoracic clinic. We will screen spouses, adult children, and other family members using the HAD-18 to determine their level of anxiety and depressive symptoms at enrollment.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assess psychosocial info & practical needs of prim family caregivers of lung cancer pts.Mental health (anxiety & depression)& behavioral health needs(smoking cessation,alcohol abuse)will be assessed b/c these 2 types of needs are strongly correlate	13 to 16 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To assess psychosocial and practical barriers to psychosocial support service use among primary family caregivers of lung cancer patients	13 to 16 weeks
To assess family caregivers' preferences (preferred topics, modality, provider, timing) regarding psychosocial support interventions.	13 to 16 weeks
To gather descriptive information regarding participant flow for planning future intervention studies.	13 to 16 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital; 🇺🇸 Jamaica, New York, United States