Comparing Distress Screening + Consultation With Enhanced Usual Care for Caregivers of Cancer Patients
Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
- Conditions
- Cancer Caregivers
- Registration Number
- NCT03856086
- Lead Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Brief Summary
This study will help the researchers find out whether the S+C approach is better, the same as, or worse than EUC.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
- Self-identified caregiver to a patient receiving surgery at JRSC OR self-identified caregiver to a patient at various inpatient surgical floors (i.e., M4, M7, M8) at the Main Hospital OR self-identified caregiver to a patient at the BMT clinic.
- English fluency: Self-report by subject identifying English as the preferred language for healthcare, and self-reported degree of fluency as speaking English "Very well."
- 18 years old or older as per self report
- Agree to fulfill responsibilities as an IC during the perioperative phases as per self report
Exclusion Criteria
- Cognitive difficulties that preclude participation in the intervention or accurate assessment in the judgment of the PI
- Medical illness that is of sufficient severity to preclude further participation in the study.
- Presenting to JRSC as the IC for a patient undergoing a prophylactic procedure
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of Informal caregivers with unmet needs 1 year comparing the 3-month change scores on the NCCN problem list from baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center🇺🇸New York, New York, United States