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Investigating the Effects of a Psycho-educational Support Group Therapy on Cancer Caregivers' Burden and Quality of Life

NCT02120183 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2014-07-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a study to determine the effectiveness of a Group Therapy that provides psycho-education and support for caregivers of cancer patients. Caregivers must be between 21 and 64 years of age and be willing to attend a one-hour a week program for four weeks. The sessions will be in English, and a set of questionnaires (demographic data, some information about your family member with cancer, and scales: Caregiver Quality of Life-Cancer Scale (CQOLC), Perceived Stress Scale and the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS)) will be completed at the start, at 4 weeks, at 8 weeks and at 12 weeks. Some participants placed on a wait-list to start the Group Therapy 4 weeks later will also complete the set of questionnaires at this point. A Feedback and Satisfaction Questionnaire will be completed at the end of the 4 week program. In addition, at the end of the 4 week program, some participants will go through a 15-minute interview.

Conditions

  • The Effect of a Psycho-education Support Group Therapy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Psycho-educational support group therapy

Weekly sessions lasting 60 minutes. Topics addressed each week: Week 1: Coping with the diagnosis of loved one and dealing with uncertainty Week 2: Caring for the carer 1: Feeding your body (self-care, stress management, mindfulness concepts) Week 3: Caring for the carer 2: Feeding your mind (challenging negative thinking habits) Week 4: The emotions of caregiving (handling emotional reactivity)

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Rathi Mahendran · Department of Psychological Medicine, National University Health System

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-09-30
Primary Completion
2014-09-30
Completion
2014-09-30

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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