Improving the Psychosocial Health of People with Cancer and their Carers: A Community Based Approach

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cancer; Psychosocial health; Distress; Economic evaluation of support interventions to determine its economic efficiency; Cancer - Other cancer types; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12609000301268
• Lead Sponsor: Cancer Council Queensland

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-05-19
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 560

Inclusion Criteria

Patients suffering from any form of cancer or carers of those suffering from any form of cancer who contact the Cancer Helpline in both Queensland and New South Wales, have a score of 4 or over on the Brief Distress Thermometer at the time of Helpline contact, be able to read and speak English, be an adult aged 18 years or over and have no previous history of head injury, dementia or psychiatric illness.

Exclusion Criteria

A caller to the Cancer Helpline who is not a patient or carer, a score under 4 on the Brief Distress Thermometer at time of Helpline contact, under the age of 18 years, unable to read and speak English, a previous history of head injury, dementia or psychiatric illness

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary outcome 1: Psychological Distress will be assessed through self report measures[Baseline and at 3, 6 and 12 months after intervention commencement];Primary outcome 2: Cancer specific distress will be assessed through self report measures[Baseline and at 3, 6 and 12 months after intervention commencement];Primary outcome 3: Unmet Psychological Supportive Care Needs will be assessed through self report measures[Baseline and at 3, 6 and 12 months after intervention commencement]