Improvement of Support to Caregivers of Patients in Specialized Palliative Care at Home

Summary

The aim of the project is to evaluate the use of the caregiver-led 'CSNAT intervention' to identify, prioritize and address support needs among caregivers of patients who are starting in specialized palliative care at home in Denmark

Conditions

• Palliative Care

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

The Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) intervention

The CSNAT intervention is a caregiver-led approach where the caregiver first identifies his/her needs of support in the CSNAT, which consists of 14 support domains. Then the practitioner facilitates the intervention where the caregiver prioritizes which domains to discuss. In the conversation, the caregiver's domain priorities and subsequently identified support needs are discussed with the practitioner to agree on actions/solutions and a shared action plan. The intervention will be offered each caregiver twice: the first time between 0 and 13 days after enrollment, and the second time between 15 and 27 days after enrollment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Danish Cancer Society

  collaborator OTHER

• The A.P. Moeller Foundation

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• The Palliative Unit, Amager-Hvidovre Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Rigshospitalet, Denmark

  collaborator OTHER

• Odense University Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Arresoedal Hospice

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Diakonissestiftelsens Hospice

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hospice Soendergaard

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Nordsjaellands Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• The Palliative Team NORTH, University Hospital Sjaelland

  collaborator OTHER

• Soenderjylland Hospital

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Bispebjerg Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Mogens Groenvold, DMSc PhD MD · Bispebjerg Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-03-15

Primary Completion

2019-07-31

Completion

2019-12-31

Countries

• Denmark

Study Locations