Carer eSupport: Rationale and Design of an Internet-based Support for Informal Caregivers of Individuals With Head and Neck Cancer
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 32
- 试验地点
- 8
- 主要终点
- Inclusion rate
研究概览
简要总结
Informal caregivers to patients with head and neck cancer report that they are unprepared for caregiving, that they experience a high caregiver burden and a deteriorated health. The aim is to develop an internet based intervention for informal caregivers of individuals with head and neck cancer and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention. The internet based intervention (Carer eSupport) will be based on scientific evidence, established theoretical frameworks and focus groups with caregivers and health care professionals. The feasibility and acceptability of Carer eSupport will be evaluated by 30 caregivers who will have access to Carer eSupport during one months. The feasibility and acceptability of Carer eSupport will be evaluated with quantitative and qualitative data.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Informal caregivers (defined by the patients) to patients with head and neck cancer who are about to start treatment, undergoing treatment or have completed treatment within the past month.
排除标准
- •Confusion or dementia, inability to understand, speak or read Swedish.
研究组 & 干预措施
Internet based support
Internet based support for informal caregivers to individuals who are undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer.
干预措施: Internet based support (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Inclusion rate
时间窗: 4 months
The proportion of caregivers who give informed consent for participation
Utilization of Carer eSupport
时间窗: 2 months
The proportion of included caregivers who take use of Carer eSupport
Attrition
时间窗: 3 months
The proportion of included caregivers who withdraw from the study
Perceived acceptability
时间窗: Within 1 months after completion of testing Carer eSupport.
Qualitative data from semi-structured individual interviews exploring perceived acceptability of Carer eSupport.
Completion of questionnaires
时间窗: 3 months
The proportion of included caregivers who complete questionnaires
Perceived feasibility
时间窗: Within 1 months after completion of testing Carer eSupport.
Qualitative data from semi-structured individual interviews exploring perceived feasibility of Carer eSupport.
次要结局
- The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21(Assessed at baseline and at 1 months after access to Carer eSupport.)
- Caregiver´s burden scale(Assessed at baseline and at 1 months after access to Carer eSupport.)
- Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), v2.(Assessed at baseline and at 1 months after access to Carer eSupport.)
- The Preparedness for caregiving scale(Assessed at baseline and at 1 months after access to Carer eSupport)
- The Multidimensional fatigue inventory(Assessed at baseline and at 1 months after access to Carer eSupport.)