Improvement of Information to Cancer Patients' Caregivers: a Randomised Intervention Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 211
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Satisfaction with information from health care professionals
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a systematic early assessment of uncovered needs for information, supplemented by an interview about the needs with the patient's nurse who seeks to provide the information requested, will improve the caregivers' and the patients' satisfaction with information and communication and potentially also decrease anxiety and depression.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Patient Inclusion Criteria:
- •Cancer patient
- •Newly refered to (i.e., this is the patient's first visit in) Department of Oncology, Herlev Hospital, in order to start medical treatment (e.g. chemotherapy)
- •Written informed consent
- •Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:
- •Attends the first visit in the Department of Oncology with the patient
- •Has lacked information about at least one of the 13 aspects of information asked about in the questionnaire
- •Written informed consent
排除标准
- •Patient and/or caregiver do not understand Danish well enough to participate in the study
- •The patient has an expected survival of less than six months
研究组 & 干预措施
Immediate intervention
Immediately after enrollment in the project, caregivers and patients receive the intervention
干预措施: Identification and provision of lacking information (Behavioral)
Delayed intervention (3 weeks later)
This group receives the same intervention as in the experimental group, but after the outcome assessment at 2 weeks
干预措施: Identification and provision of lacking information (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Satisfaction with information from health care professionals
时间窗: Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks
Measure: The "Cancer Caregiving Tasks, Consequences and Needs Questionnaire" (CaTCoN) item 24
次要结局
- Satisfaction with support from health care professionals(Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks)
- Fulfillment of needs(Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks)
- Satisfaction with information from health care professionals(Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks)
- Satisfaction with communication with health care professionals(Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks)
- Anxiety and depression(Change from baseline (enrollment) at 2 weeks)
研究者
Mogens Groenvold
Professor, DMSc, PhD, MD
Bispebjerg Hospital