Status:
COMPLETED
Supporting Family Caregivers of Palliative Patients at Home: the Carer Support Needs Assessment Intervention
Lead Sponsor:
Kelli Stajduhar
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Frailty Network
Canadian Cancer Society (CCS)
Conditions:
Family Caregiving for a Palliative Patient
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
In this project the investigators will train home care nurses to use the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) with a group of family caregivers (intervention group) and then compare the family ...
Detailed Description
Caregiving places considerable burdens on family caregivers (FCG). While burden has been studied as a FCG outcome, it is also a predictor of other outcomes, including FCG quality of life (QoL). We hav...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- For home care nurse participants:
- registered or licensed home care nurse at one of the following Vancouver Island Health Authority Home and Community Care offices: Victoria, Esquimalt/Westshore, Peninsula, Royal Oak, Duncan/Ladysmith, Oceanside, Comox Valley, Campbell River
- practiced in home care for \> 6 months
- work a minimum of 10 shifts per month
- communicate well in English
- For family caregiver participants:
- currently a family caregiver of palliative patient at home
- patient and family caregiver must be 18 years of age or older
- must communicate well in English
Exclusion
- For family caregiver participants
- diagnosed cognitive impairment
- identified safety risks in the home care environment
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 20 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
130 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02261935
Start Date
September 1 2014
End Date
December 20 2017
Last Update
March 20 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Vancouver Island Health Home and Community Care
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V8T 3P7