Investigating the Effect of Spiritual Self-Care Training in Family Caregivers of Patients with blood cancers

Investigating the Effect of Spiritual Self-Care Training on Perceived Stress and care burden in Family Caregivers of Patients with blood cancers

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20251022067729N1

Enrollment

Registered

2026-05-18

Start date

2026-05-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

Family Caregivers of Patients with blood cancers.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Intervention group: Recipients of six online spiritual self-care training sessions, each session lasting 60 minutes, delivered over three weeks (two sessions per we

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age 65-18 years The main caregiver of a patient with blood cancers with a definite diagnosis and two months after chemotherapy Ability to read and write in Persian Willingness to participate in the study and sign the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participation in other psychological or spiritual intervention programs History of diagnosed psychiatric disorders

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Perceived Stress in the Cohen Questionnaire. Timepoint: Perceived stress scores at the beginning of the study (before the intervention started) and one week after the end of the training sessions. Method of measurement: Cohen's Perceived Stress Questionnaire.;Caregiver Burden in the Zarit scale. Timepoint: Caregiver Burden scores at the beginning of the study (before the intervention started) and one week after the end of the training sessions. Method of measurement: Zarit caregiver burden scale.	—

Measure

Time frame

Perceived Stress in the Cohen Questionnaire. Timepoint: Perceived stress scores at the beginning of the study (before the intervention started) and one week after the end of the training sessions. Method of measurement: Cohen's Perceived Stress Questionnaire.;Caregiver Burden in the Zarit scale. Timepoint: Caregiver Burden scores at the beginning of the study (before the intervention started) and one week after the end of the training sessions. Method of measurement: Zarit caregiver burden scale.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactZahra Kafshgar

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

zahrakafshgar.edu@gmail.com+98 11 3236 6310

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026