Can the needs of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer be met using a general practitioner (GP) caregiver needs toolkit?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Advanced cancerCancer
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN43614355
- Lead Sponsor
- ational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
- Brief Summary
1. 2010 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21114863
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 400
Inclusion Criteria
1. Nominated caregiver of a patient with a diagnosis of advanced cancer, i.e. no longer amenable to cure, with either extensive local or regional spread or metastatic disease
2. Aged 18 years or older, either sex
3. Able to understand English sufficiently to complete questionnaires and telephone interviews
Exclusion Criteria
1. Caregivers of cancer patients with a prognosis of greater than 12 months
2. Cognitively unable to give consent or unable to understand and respond to questions in English
3. Younger than 18 years of age
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method