Burden on family caregivers of cancer patients providing them palliative care and its relationship with the quality of life of cancer patients.
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/01/039708
- Lead Sponsor
- Safdarjung Hospital and Vardhman Mahavir Medical College New Delhi India
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1) Participants of 18 years and above who are primary caregivers of patients with cancer and are willing to participate in the study.
2) A caregiver is the one who provides unpaid help to the patient
3) Caregivers who have provided palliative care for atleast 6 months to the patient.
Exclusion Criteria
Participants with mental disability leading to language and cognitive impairment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the prevalence of burden in family caregivers of cancer patients by evaluating their symptoms using various scales.Timepoint: 6 months after diagnosis of cancer in the patient
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1) To assess the prevalence of distress, depressive symptoms in the above mentioned family caregivers by the use of CES-D scale. <br/ ><br>2) To assess the quality of life of cancer patients. <br/ ><br>3) To assess the association between burden of caregivers and quality of life of cancer patientsTimepoint: 6 months after the diagnosis of cancer in the patients