Condition 1: anxiety. Condition 2: cancer. Condition 3: Supportive treatment. Condition 4: depression. Condition 5: caregivers' burden. Condition 6: death anxiety. Generalized anxiety disorder Malignant neoplasms Encounter for palliative care Mood disorder due to known physiological condition with major depressive-like episode
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: The starting point of this intervention is the diagnosis of cancer for the patient by oncologists in specialized centers. With the guidance of the oncologist, the p
Sponsors
Research assistant of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Entry criteria for cancer patients: 1- The patient's age should be 18 to 75 years. 2- Patients with advanced cancer based on expert opinion. 3- Be aware of time and place and have consent to participate in the study. 4- Do not have cognitive, vision or hearing problems 5- The patient should have a family caregiver. 6- Have a health file in comprehensive urban health service centers of Khorram Abad city. 7- The patient is undergoing treatment (radiotherapy, chemotherapy, etc.) or has referred to an oncologist to start treatment. 8- The patient is considered to be in the 4th stage of cancer (any type of this disease) diagnosed by a specialist doctor. Entry criteria for caregivers of cancer patients: 1- Caregiver age should be 18 to 75 years. 2- Consent to participate in the study. 3- Do not have cognitive, vision or hearing problems. 4- A definite diagnosis of one of the types of cancer has been established in a first-degree family member 5- Live with the patient.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1- Lack of awareness of time and place in the patient or caregiver. 2- Impossibility of the patient or caregiver to attend the training sessions. 3- Having vision, hearing and cognitive problems for the patient or caregiver.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Palliative care. Timepoint: 3 months, a week before, a month after. Method of measurement: The score obtained from the Palliative Performance Scal.;Anxiety. Timepoint: 3 months, a week before, a month after. Method of measurement: The score obtained from the Beck Anxiety Inventory.;Depression. Timepoint: 3 months, a week before, a month after. Method of measurement: The score obtained from the Beck depression Inventory.;Death anxiety. Timepoint: 3 months, a week before, a month after. Method of measurement: The score obtained from the Templer Death Anxiety Questionnaire.;Caregivers' burden. Timepoint: 3 months, a week before, a month after. Method of measurement: The score obtained from the Novak and Gust care burden questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactHeshmatullah Heydari
Khoram-Abad University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed