The effectiveness of a nursing intervention to support family caregivers in end-of-life care: a cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- <p>Patients with cancer, or advanced organ failure or COPD or heart-failure.</p>10016214
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON29019
- Lead Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center and Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 184
Inclusion Criteria
- Mantelzorger van patiënten met een levensverwachting tot 6 maanden;
- 18 jaar of ouder
Exclusion Criteria
- mantelzorgers van patiënten met een levensverwachting korter dan 2 weken
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary outcome is burden measured by the Self-Rated Burden Scale (SRB), 1 item.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary outcomes are: - burden measured by the Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA), 24 items, - preparedness for caregiving measured by the Preparedness for Caregiving Scale (PCS), 8 items, - acute admissions of patients (incidence).</p><br>