Effectiveness of Telephone-based Intervention on Distress, Burden and Quality of Life of Chinese Caregivers of Colorectal Cancer Patients

Hospital Authority, Hong Kong1 site in 1 country140 target enrollmentJune 2011

Overview

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the telephone intervention program for caregivers of colorectal cancer.

telephone Intervention refer to provide counseling and education to caregivers of colorectal cancer by mode of telephone

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

June 2011

End Date

December 2012

Last Updated

11 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Sponsor

Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Shum Nga Fan

Department of Surgery, Colorectal Specialist Nurse, Principal Investigator

Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

•Family members with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer within the past 4 week and treated in Queen Mary Hospital
•Self identified as formal or informal family caregivers
•Over 18 years old
•Cantonese speaking

Distress level

Time Frame: Change of distress level at pre-discharged(base-line) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention

Effect of telephone intervention on distress level measured at pre-discharged(baseline) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention .

Burden of care(Measured at pre-discharged(base-line) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention)
Quality of life(Measured at pre-discharged(base-line) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention)