Partners of cancer patients are treated in cancer counselling mostly with the ICD-10 diagnosis F43.8 (Other reactions to severe stress), and sometimes partners of cancer patients also suffer from more severe psychiatric or psychosomatic disorders like affective disorders (F3) or anxiety disorders (F4).
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: In an unblinded mixed-methods validation study, a questionnaire for partners of cancer patients assessing self-care shall be developed and scientifically validated. Therefore, 15 partners of
Gräfe et al., 2004), Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General - Caregiver (FACT-G Caregiver
Song et al., 2020), Häusliche-Pflege-Skala HPS-k (BSFC-s: Short version of Burden Scale for Family Caregivers
Graessel et al., 2014), Allgemeine Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung (SWE
Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1999), Selbstfürsorgefragebogen (HSF
Harfst et al., 2009)) (duration of study phase 9 months).
Sponsors
Uniklinikum Ulm, Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Study phase 1-4: majority, informed consent, sufficient German language skills, partners of cancer patients (initial diagnosis or relapse) Study phase 2-4: self-declared ability to participate in online assessments, internet access, study conduct with own device (e.g. laptop, smartphone, tablet or PC) Study phase 2: (psycho-)oncological experts (oncologists, psychooncologists, oncological nurses, researchers) or partners of cancer patients
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Study phase 1-4: own cancer history as a partners, multiple participation in each study phase Study phase 4: no participation in study phase 4, if there was a participation in study phase 3
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Self-care. Development of a self-care questionnare with personal interviews (study phase 1) and online assessments in Unipark (study phase 2-4). Validity check in study phase 4 with other psychometric questionnaires (see secondary outcome). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Depression: Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-D; Gräfe et al., 2004), caregiver burden: Häusliche-Pflege-Skala HPS-k (BSFC-s: Short version of Burden Scale for Family Caregivers; Graessel et al., 2014), quality of life: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General - Caregiver (FACT-G Caregiver; Song et al., 2020), self-efficacy expectation: Allgemeine Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung (SWE; Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1999), self-care in the context of psychiatric and psychosomatic patients: Selbstfürsorgefragebogen (HSF; Harfst et al., 2009) | — |
Countries
Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Contacts
Public ContactKatarina von Dungen
Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
Outcome results
None listed