The Experience of Informal Caregivers of Patients With Brain Tumors
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Descriptive exploratory analysis to identify themes and describe experience of caring for a person with a primary brain tumor
研究概览
简要总结
The objective of this study is to explore the experience of informal caregivers of patients with a primary brain tumor, identifying elements and themes of the caregiving experience specific to this population of caregivers. The aim is to describe the experience of being an informal caregiver for a patient with a primary brain tumor.
详细描述
Caregiver Consent:
If you agree to take part in this study, you will be asked to have 1 interview. This will be a face-to-face interview that will take place at M. D. Anderson while you are there for the patient's physician appointment.
During this interview, you will be asked to describe what it has been like for you to help care for a person with a primary brain tumor in the past, what it is like to care for a person with a primary brain tumor now, and what you think it might be like in the future. You will be interviewed alone, and your interview will be tape recorded and then written on paper. The information that is gathered (the tape and the written information) will be kept strictly confidential. The tapes and any paperwork will be kept in a locked box during and after this study. The written information will be kept in password-protected computer files. The researcher is the only person who will have access to the tapes. You will also be asked to answer a questionnaire on paper. This questionnaire will ask specific personal information, such as your age, occupation, and relationship to the patient. This questionnaire will take about 5 minutes to complete. The entire interview will take about 30 minutes to complete.
Your participation in this study will be over after you complete the interview and the questionnaire.
This is an investigational study. Up to 20 caregivers will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at M. D. Anderson.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Only
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •18 years of age or older
- •Ability to speak and read English
- •Diagnosis of a primary brain glioma, World Health Organization Grade II-IV (PATIENT ONLY)
- •At least 3 months since time of diagnosis (PATIENT ONLY)
- •Identification as the primary informal caregiver by a patient with a primary brain glioma (CAREGIVER ONLY)
- •Consent to participate
排除标准
- •Inability to understand the intent of the study
- •Medical condition that would preclude participation in an interview lasting 30 minutes (CAREGIVER ONLY)
结局指标
主要结局
Descriptive exploratory analysis to identify themes and describe experience of caring for a person with a primary brain tumor
时间窗: 1 year
次要结局
未报告次要终点