Improvement of Information to Cancer Patients' Caregivers: a Randomised Intervention Study

Bispebjerg Hospital1 site in 1 country211 target enrollmentApril 2015

ConditionsNeoplasms

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Neoplasms
Sponsor: Bispebjerg Hospital
Enrollment: 211
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Satisfaction with information from health care professionals
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 7 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a systematic early assessment of uncovered needs for information, supplemented by an interview about the needs with the patient's nurse who seeks to provide the information requested, will improve the caregivers' and the patients' satisfaction with information and communication and potentially also decrease anxiety and depression.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

April 2015

End Date

August 2016

Last Updated

7 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Bispebjerg Hospital

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Mogens Groenvold

Professor, DMSc, PhD, MD

Bispebjerg Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Cancer patient
•Newly refered to (i.e., this is the patient's first visit in) Department of Oncology, Herlev Hospital, in order to start medical treatment (e.g. chemotherapy)
•Written informed consent
•Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:
•Attends the first visit in the Department of Oncology with the patient
•Has lacked information about at least one of the 13 aspects of information asked about in the questionnaire
•Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

•Patient and/or caregiver do not understand Danish well enough to participate in the study
•The patient has an expected survival of less than six months

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Satisfaction with information from health care professionals

Time Frame: Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks

Measure: The "Cancer Caregiving Tasks, Consequences and Needs Questionnaire" (CaTCoN) item 24

Secondary Outcomes

Fulfillment of needs(Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks)
Satisfaction with support from health care professionals(Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks)
Satisfaction with information from health care professionals(Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks)
Satisfaction with communication with health care professionals(Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks)
Anxiety and depression(Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks)