Status:
COMPLETED
Support Needs and Preferences of Family Caregivers of Lung Cancer Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital
Michigan State University
Conditions:
Lung Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
This study is being done to learn what the needs are in relation to the family members. Some family members seek counseling; others do not. The institution wants to try to understand why and wants to ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Primary family caregiver identified by a patient who is approximately within 4 to 6 weeks of a new visit to a thoracic clinic and receiving cancer care at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center or Queens Cancer Center
- Caregiver is at least 18 years of age.
- Caregiver has adequate English fluency for completion of data collection. The surveys were designed and validated in English and are not currently available in other languages. Translation of questionnaires into other languages would require reestablishing the reliability and validity of these measures. Therefore, participants must be able to communicate in English to complete the surveys.
- Clinically meaningful distress defined as a score of 8 or greater on the Anxiety or Depression subscale of the HADS (see Bjelland et al., 2002; Zigmond \& Snaith, 1983).
Exclusion
- Patients or caregivers exhibiting significant psychiatric or cognitive impairment (dementia/delirium, retardation, active psychosis) that in the judgment of the investigators would preclude providing informed consent and study participation
- Patient has lung cancer recurrence
- Currently participating in a psychosocial intervention trial
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
53 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00967083
Start Date
August 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2014
Last Update
December 11 2014
Active Locations (2)
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1
Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital
Jamaica, New York, United States, 11432
2
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States, 10065