Does the use of a formal tool ( Kessler 10 ) improve the detection of carer distress in the Palliative population.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: psychological distress; Mental Health - Depression; Mental Health - Anxiety; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612000409875
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Eswaran Waran

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-04-12
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

Only subjects identifying themselves as principal carers will be asked to participate. The carers are carers of Palliative care patients.

Exclusion Criteria

Carers for whom there may be a communication issue, for example language barrier, will be excluded as consent would be an issue

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
evel of psychological distress. Comparison between K 10 scores as generated by patient completion of questionaire and the community nurse assessment. K 10 scores are stratified into groups that include nil distress, mild mental distress, moderate mental distress and severe mental distress. The community nurse will assess the level of distress as being well, mild, moderate and severe, based on clinical judgement. For statistical analysis scores of 1,2,3 and 4 will be given to the categories of well, mild, moderate and severe distress respectively. As a result total scores can be arrived at for each assessment for mean comparison.[baseline single assessment for each group only]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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