Implementing a Family Caregiver Checklist in Primary Care: A Pilot Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Caregiver Burnout
• Interventions: Behavioral: Usual Care; Behavioral: Collaborative Healthcare Encounters with Caregivers (CHEC)

• Registration Number: NCT04946942
• Lead Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Brief Summary

The goal of this project is to pilot test CHEC (Collaborative Healthcare Encounters with Caregivers) in primary care. CHEC is brief intervention with two components: 1) a checklist to identify the needs and concerns of unpaid/family caregivers who accompany older patients (aged 65+) to their primary care visits and 2) accompanying Tip Sheet for clinicians.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-06-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-06-23
• Study First Posted: 2021-07-01
• Study Start: 2021-08-30
• Primary Completion: 2024-08-27
• Study Completion: 2024-12-10
• Status Verified: 2025-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-01-17
• Last Update Posted: 2025-01-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 111

Inclusion Criteria

Patients

• Age 65-89
• English speaking
• Women and men
• Of varying race/ethnicity
• Accompanied to primary care visits at the Center on Aging by a family caregiver (family caregiver also consents to participating in this study)
• Sufficient cognitive capacity to consent themselves or through a legal representative

Caregivers

• Age 21+
• English speaking
• Women and men
• Of varying race/ethnicity
• Accompany an older adult to his or her primary care visits at the Center on Aging (Older adult also consents to participating in this study)
• Cognitively intact (on basis of a 6-item cognitive screen)

Clinicians

• Age 21+
• Women and men
• Of varying race/ethnicity
• Treat patients at the Center on Aging

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients, caregivers, and clinicians that do not meet the inclusion criteria.
• Patients and caregivers who are deaf or have hearing impairments that limit their ability to answer telephone queries.
• Caregivers who are visually impaired and cannot see well enough to read large print and complete paper-based surveys.
• Patients and/or caregivers whose dyad counterpart does not consent to take part in the study (i.e., Patients gives consent and their caregiver does not).

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Usual care	Usual Care	Attendance at primary care appointments as usual.
Caregiver Checklist (CHEC)	Collaborative Healthcare Encounters with Caregivers (CHEC)	CHEC is composed of two elements: 1) a checklist to identify the needs and concerns of unpaid/family caregivers who accompany older adults (aged 65+) to their primary care visits and 2) Tip Sheet for clinicians.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
CHEC's helpfulness in identify caregivers' needs, as measured by the proportion of caregivers who report that the checklist is helpful in identifying their needs	Post intervention, at 1 week	CHEC's helpfulness in identify caregivers' needs, as measured by the proportion of caregivers who report that the checklist is helpful in identifying their needs
Accrual rate, as measured by the number of caregivers who complete the checklist	Through study completion, up to 1 year	Accrual rate, as measured by the number of caregivers who complete the checklist
Acceptable length of CHEC, as measured by the proportion of caregivers who report that the checklist is an acceptable length	Post intervention, at 1 week	Acceptable length of CHEC, as measured by the proportion of caregivers who report that the checklist is an acceptable length
CHEC's ease of use, as measured by the proportion of caregivers who report that the checklist is easy to use	Post intervention, at 1 week	CHEC's ease of use, as measured by the proportion of caregivers who report that the checklist is easy to use
CHEC's helpfulness in starting a conversation with health care providers about caregivers' needs, as measured by the proportion of caregivers who report that the checklist is helpful in starting a conversation with providers about their needs	Post intervention, at 1 week	CHEC's helpfulness in starting a conversation with health care providers about caregivers' needs, as measured by the proportion of caregivers who report that the checklist is helpful in starting a conversation with providers about their needs
Desire to continue use, as measured by the number caregivers who report that they desire to continue using the checklist in the future	Post intervention, at 1 week	Desire to continue use, as measured by the number caregivers who report that they desire to continue using the checklist in the future
Discussion of caregivers' needs, as measured by the number of completed checklists that result in a conversation with providers about caregiver needs/concerns	Post intervention, at 1 week	Discussion of caregivers' needs, as measured by the number of completed checklists that result in a conversation with providers about caregiver needs/concerns

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Weill Cornell Medicine; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States