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Implementing a Family Caregiver Checklist in Primary Care: A Pilot Study

NCT04946942 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 113

Last updated 2025-07-03

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Summary

The goal of this project is to pilot test CHEC (Collaborative Healthcare Encounters with Caregivers) in primary care. CHEC is brief intervention with two components: 1) a checklist to identify the needs and concerns of unpaid/family caregivers who accompany older patients (aged 65+) to their primary care visits and 2) accompanying Tip Sheet for clinicians.

Conditions

  • Caregiver Burnout

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Collaborative Healthcare Encounters with Caregivers (CHEC)

CHEC is a brief checklist designed to identify family caregivers' unmet needs and concerns.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

Attendance at primary care appointments as usual.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Catherine Riffin, PhD · Weill Medical College of Cornell University

  • Karl Pillemer, PhD · Cornell University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-08-30
Primary Completion
2024-08-27
Completion
2024-12-10

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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