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临床试验/NCT03466580
NCT03466580已完成不适用

Testing a Caregiver-led Intervention to Improve Support to Caregivers of Patients in Specialized Palliative Care at Home: a Stepped Wedge (Cluster) Randomized Controlled Trial

Bispebjerg Hospital20 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家目标入组 466 人开始时间: 2018年3月15日最近更新:
适应症

试验速览

阶段
不适用
状态
已完成
入组人数
466
试验地点
20
主要终点
Caregiver strain

研究概览

简要总结

The aim of the project is to evaluate the use of the caregiver-led 'CSNAT intervention' to identify, prioritize and address support needs among caregivers of patients who are starting in specialized palliative care at home in Denmark

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

入选标准

  • The caregiver and patient should be able to read and understand Danish
  • The caregiver and patient should give written informed consent
  • The patient should be newly referred to specialized palliative care (SPC) in the SPC unit.

排除标准

  • The caregiver is viewed by the practitioners as being too distressed to be asked about participation
  • The caregiver has a known cognitive impairment precluding participation (based on the practitioners' clinical judgement)

结局指标

主要结局

Caregiver strain

时间窗: Change from baseline (enrollment) to day 14

Caregiver strain is measured by the subscale 'Caregiver Strain' in the Family Appraisal of Caregiving Questionnaire for Palliative Care (FACQ-PC). Subscale score range: 1-5. A higher score represents a worse outcome, i.e. more caregiver strain.

次要结局

  • Satisfaction with communication with health care professionals(Change from baseline (enrollment) to day 28)
  • Caregiver distress(Change from baseline (enrollment) to day 28)
  • Caregiving workload(Change from baseline (enrollment) to day 28)
  • Satisfaction with attention from health care professionals(Change from baseline (enrollment) to day 28)
  • Survival time(From enrollment to up to six months after the project recruitment period has closed)
  • Caregiver strain(Change from baseline (enrollment) to day 28)
  • Positive caregiving appraisals(Change from baseline (enrollment) to day 28)
  • Fatigue(Change from baseline (enrollment) to day 28)
  • Positive emotional functioning(Change from baseline (enrollment) to day 28)
  • Acute hospitalizations(From enrollment to day 28)
  • Hospice referrals (for in-patient care)(From enrollment to day 28)
  • Caregiver involvement(Change from baseline (enrollment) to day 28)
  • Satisfaction with information from health care professionals(Change from baseline (enrollment) to day 28)
  • Help from health care professionals(Change from baseline (enrollment) to day 28)
  • Quality of life(Change from baseline (enrollment) to day 28)
  • Emotional functioning(Change from baseline (enrollment) to day 28)
  • Caregiver grief(Measured six months after the patient's death)
  • Place of death(From enrollment to up to six months after the project recruitment period has closed)

研究者

申办方类型
Other
责任方
Principal Investigator
主要研究者

Mogens Groenvold

Professor, DMSc, PhD, MD

Bispebjerg Hospital

研究点 (20)

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