Carer eSupport: Rationale and Design of an Internet-based Support for Informal Caregivers of Individuals With Head and Neck Cancer
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Caregivers
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
- Enrollment
- 32
- Locations
- 4
- Primary Endpoint
- Inclusion rate
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
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.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •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.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Confusion or dementia, inability to understand, speak or read Swedish.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Inclusion rate
Time Frame: 4 months
The proportion of caregivers who give informed consent for participation
Utilization of Carer eSupport
Time Frame: 2 months
The proportion of included caregivers who take use of Carer eSupport
Attrition
Time Frame: 3 months
The proportion of included caregivers who withdraw from the study
Perceived acceptability
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 3 months
The proportion of included caregivers who complete questionnaires
Perceived feasibility
Time Frame: Within 1 months after completion of testing Carer eSupport.
Qualitative data from semi-structured individual interviews exploring perceived feasibility of Carer eSupport.
Secondary Outcomes
- 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.)