Perceived Burden and Quality of Life of Primary Caregivers of Cancer Patients Aged 70 and Older After 5 Years of Management

Completed

• Conditions: Quality of Life; Cancer; Primary Patient Caregiver

• Registration Number: NCT04478903
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

Brief Summary

Cancer is a disease that requires long-term management, especially now that medical advances have transformed most cancers from an acute to a chronic condition. Most of the time, therefore, the help provided by family and friends is long-term.

The negative impact of oncological care on the quality of life of family caregivers has already been studied. The UCOGB carried out a study in 2014 on the primary caregivers of cancer patients aged 70 and over at inclusion and at 3 and 6 months of oncogeriatric care. This study showed that several factors were significantly related to the caregiver's quality of life: the caregiver's age, perception of burden and patient autonomy (18). However, the evolution of quality of life and burden at 5 years has, to our knowledge, never been evaluated.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-06-15
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-16
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-21
• Primary Completion: 2020-11-16
• Study Completion: 2020-11-16
• Status Verified: 2021-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-09
• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 62

Inclusion Criteria

• Person who does not object to being included in the study
• Primary caregiver of a cancer patient aged 70 years and over who is managed in one of the centres participating in the study, with a request for an oncogeriatric consultation between 01/06/2014 and 18/03/2015.
• Age ≥ 18 years old
• Good command of the French language

Exclusion Criteria

• Refusal or linguistic or psychological inability to answer the questionnaires.
• Caregiver whose general condition does not allow him/her to answer a questionnaire
• Death of the caregiver.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To determine the quality of life of the primary caregiver of cancer patients 70 years of age and older, 5 years after initial management.	Through study completion, an average of 1 year	Quality of life is measured using the SF-12 (short form) questionnaire. This is an abbreviated version of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-form General Health survey (SF-36).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chu Dijon Bourgogne; 🇫🇷 Dijon, France