Compassion Strikes Back: Improving Dyadic Quality of Life for LVAD Patients and Caregivers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Self-compassion
研究概览
简要总结
Research has shown that LVAD patients and their caregivers typically experience increased mental health concerns and decreased quality of life following LVAD implantation and hospital discharge. The purpose of this study is to explore how to improve quality of life for LVAD patients and their caregivers in the initial transition from hospital to home after LVAD implantation.
Over the course of the study, participants will complete 2 surveys: one when participants are in the hospital and one at a 2-month post-hospital follow-up appointment with the participants' cardiologist. Participants may be contacted if there is data missing from surveys.
Participants may also be provided with information on improving mental health in the form of handouts or a brief meeting with a psychology provider.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 80 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •LVAD implantation or caregiver or patient with LVAD; over 18 years old; primary caregiver is a family member
排除标准
- •Currently or in the past 3 months received psychotherapy or psychosocial or peer support; hospitalized for psychiatric reasons in the past 6 months; current, active suicidal thoughts or a reported suicide attempt within the past year; a current alcohol/substance use disorder that required immediate treatment; or a current or past thought disorder, psychosis, or unmanaged bipolar disorder; enrolled in another investigational research/clinical trial; toxic/negative dynamic between pt and caregiver; extended post-LVAD implantation course (i.e., more than 2 months in the hospital).
研究组 & 干预措施
Information
干预措施: Information (Other)
Meeting
干预措施: Meeting (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Self-compassion
时间窗: 2 months
Level of self-compassion a participant reports using the Self-Compassion Scale - Short Form (Raes et al., 2011). Scores range from 1-5.
QOL
时间窗: 2 months
Quality of Life will be measured using the 16 item Quality of Life Scale (Burckhardt et al., 1989). Scores range from 16-112, with higher scores indicating higher levels of quality of life.
次要结局
- NYHA(2 months)
- Cardiac Self-Efficacy(2 months)
- General Self-Efficacy(2 months)
- Illness Denial(2 months)
- Perceived Stress Scale(2 months)
- Caregiver Burden(2 months)
- Acceptability & Feasibility of Intervention(2 months)