The Effect of Receiving a FAM-SOTC Intervention Before and in the Bereavement Phase (FAM-SOTC-PL) on Bereaved Family Cancer Caregivers Outcomes: A Quasi-experimental Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 51
- 主要终点
- Change in Depression
研究概览
简要总结
Background and study aims The effect of cancer caregiving may have profound impact on the psychosocial health of family caregivers and become evident after loss. Grief following the loss of a close relative is one of the most emotional challenging experience faced by family caregivers. Providing a family based intervention before and after a close relatives´death may positively impact bereavement outcomes. This study aims to assess the impact of a continuing specific supportive care intervention on bereaved family caregivers grief response scores and psychological distress following the loss of a close relative when offered before and after death because of cancer.
详细描述
This clinical trial is part of a broader research study (registered trial intervention ISRCTN21786830) which aimed to evaluate a palliative care nurse-led family-oriented intervention Family-Strengths Oriented Therapeutic Conversation (FAM-SOTC) to support family caregivers of a close relative with advanced/final stage cancer, in the context of the family when receiving specialized palliative home-care. The purpose of the current trial is to investigate the effects of the FAM-SOTC intervention when additionally delivering the third session of the intervention in this trial; an adapted version; FAM-SOTC Post-Loss and repeated post-intervention measures at 3, 5 and six months post-loss completed by bereaved family caregivers who have prior participated in the FAM-SOTC trial intervention pre-loss are compared to measures at 3, 5 and six months post-loss among bereaved family caregivers in a control group who received usual care pre- and post-loss from the palliative home-care unit. The FAM-SOTC intervention and the FAM-SOTC Post Loss intervention is delivered simultaneously in two separate clinical trials, where two sessions were delivered pre-loss (FAM-SOTC) and one session delivered post-loss (FAM-SOTC-PL).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 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
- 是
入选标准
- •The eligibility criteria is that the primary family caregivers (who had been identified by the patient pre-death) are aged 18 years or older, bereaved due to cancer and that three months have passed since the deceased has died. Additional inclusion criteria is that the family caregivers have received care from a specialised palliative home-care unit at a university hospital in the advanced and final stage of their close relatives´ cancer trajectory.
排除标准
- •Non cancer and not being participating in another family level psycho-social intervention research.
研究组 & 干预措施
FAM-SOTC-PL
Grief responses, levels of vulnerability, measured using the Adult Attitude to Grief scale (AAG), a self-administered questionnaire
干预措施: FAM-SOTC-PL (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Depression
时间窗: 3, 5, and 6 months
The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale - DASS (Lovibond \& Lovibond, 1995) is used. The DASS is a 42-item self-report instrument with 3 sub-scales. Each scale comprises 14 items assessing the negative emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress.
Change in Anxiety
时间窗: 3, 5, and 6 months
The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale - DASS (Lovibond \& Lovibond, 1995) is used. The DASS is a 42-item self-report instrument with 3 sub-scales. Each scale comprises 14 items assessing the negative emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress.
Change in Stress
时间窗: 3, 5, and 6 months
The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale - DASS (Lovibond \& Lovibond, 1995) is used. The DASS is a 42-item self-report instrument with 3 sub-scales. Each scale comprises 14 items assessing the negative emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress.
次要结局
未报告次要终点