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Caregiver Outlook: An Intervention to Improve Caregiving in Serious Illness

NCT01672294 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 286

Last updated 2017-04-17

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Summary

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.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Preparation and life completion

Caregiver subjects will discuss life review, issues of forgiveness and heritage and legacy.

OTHER

Attention Control

Caregiver subjects will listen to a non-guided relaxation CD with facilitator.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Karen E Steinhauser, PhD · Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2016-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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