None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Brief description of the study purpose: The study aims to evaluate whether a brief online education module can help cares of people with cancer feel more confident communicating with healthcare providers, improve their health literacy, increase their preparedness for carefiving, and support their psychological wellbeing. Who is it for? You may be eligible for this study if you are 18 years or older who provide support for someone currently receiving treatment for cancer, where the cancer diagnosis was made within the past three years. Participants must be able to read and speak English and have access to the internet and a digital device. Study details All eligible participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will complete a 15-minute online eLearning module designed to strengthen communication and advocacy skills when interacting with the healthcare providers. The module includes interactive activities and audio-visual educational content and can be completed at the participant's own pace. The other group will continue providing care as usual and will not receive the training during the study period. All participants will complete online questionnaires at the start of the study, 2 weeks later, and 3 months later. The survey will assess factors such as communication confidence, health literacy, caregiving preparedness, psychological wellbeing, and experiences interacting with healthcare providers. Participants in the control group will receive access to the eLearning module after completing the final survey, and will not be assessed for impact of the module. It is hoped that this research will help identify effective ways to support cancer carers, enabling them to communicate more confidently with healthcare providers and improve the quality of care and support provided to people affected by cancer.
Interventions
The intervention is a 15-minute eLearning module for informal cancer carers to strengthen communication and advocacy skills when interacting with health providers. The single session 15-minute intervention is asynchronous, and delivered online. The mode of training used were interactive activities with audio and visual informational content. Participants were emailed the link to a baseline survey, after completion of the survey, they were redirected to the online eLearning module. Participants c
The intervention is a 15-minute eLearning module for informal cancer carers to strengthen communication and advocacy skills when interacting with health providers. The single session 15-minute intervention is asynchronous, and delivered online. The mode of training used were interactive activities with audio and visual informational content. Participants were emailed the link to a baseline survey, after completion of the survey, they were redirected to the online eLearning module. Participants completed the module in their own time and at their own pace. The platform used indicated participants' progress and completion of the module on the participant's profile. The researchers were able to track participants' progress by accessing participants' profiles.
Sponsors
Eva Yuen - Deakin University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Caregivers will be eligible to participate in the RCT if: they are aged 18+ and are providing support to someone currently receiving treatment for cancer; their care recipient was diagnosed with cancer within the preceding 3 years; they have access to the internet and a digital device and can read and speak English.
Exclusion criteria
None
Outcome results
None listed