Caregiver Outlook: An Intervention to Improve Caregiving in Serious Illness
Informal caregivers provide a majority of care for patients during serious illness. Lack of preparation and completion may leave caregivers less capable of caring for a loved one or making crucial decisions influencing care. This study will examine whether a preparation and completion intervention reduces caregiver anxiety, depression, anticipatory grief, and burden and improves patient quality of life and health care use.
Checked against the public recordLast updated Apr 17, 2017 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
What this study is about
- Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Interventions being studied
- Other: Preparation and life completion; Other: Attention Control
How this study is categorized
These labels come from structured fields and exact terms in the public record.
Who may be able to participate
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with advanced cancer/Congestive heart failure/COPD/End stage renal disease who have a primary caregiver. Caregivers of Durham VAMC patients with advanced disease. Exclusion Criteria: * No caregiver present. * Caregiver with Cognitive impairment/inability to speak on phone/non-English speaking
Important: This is the sponsor’s public criteria, not a determination of eligibility. The study team must review your individual situation.
U.S. locations
- Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NCDurham, North Carolina
Source and freshness
Processed from ClinicalTrials.gov. Last public update: Apr 17, 2017. Always confirm current availability with the study team.