Lung Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Quality of Life, Questionnaires, Interviews, family members, care givers, 09-104
Brief summary
This study is being done to learn what the needs are in relation to the family members. Some family members seek counseling; others do not. The institution wants to try to understand why and wants to see if they can improve our support services for family members.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALQuestionnaires/Interviews
Baseline assessment of distressed caregivers within 4-6 weeks a new visit to the thoracic clinic. Three-month follow-up assessment of caregivers. Qualitative phone interviews with a subsample of 30 caregivers within 3 weeks of follow-up.
Sponsors
Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital
Michigan State University
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Indiana University
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Primary family caregiver identified by a patient who is approximately within 4 to 6 weeks of a new visit to a thoracic clinic and receiving cancer care at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center or Queens Cancer Center * Caregiver is at least 18 years of age. * Caregiver has adequate English fluency for completion of data collection. The surveys were designed and validated in English and are not currently available in other languages. Translation of questionnaires into other languages would require reestablishing the reliability and validity of these measures. Therefore, participants must be able to communicate in English to complete the surveys. * Clinically meaningful distress defined as a score of 8 or greater on the Anxiety or Depression subscale of the HADS (see Bjelland et al., 2002; Zigmond & Snaith, 1983).
Exclusion criteria
* Patients or caregivers exhibiting significant psychiatric or cognitive impairment (dementia/delirium, retardation, active psychosis) that in the judgment of the investigators would preclude providing informed consent and study participation * Patient has lung cancer recurrence * Currently participating in a psychosocial intervention trial
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assess psychosocial info & practical needs of prim family caregivers of lung cancer pts.Mental health (anxiety & depression)& behavioral health needs(smoking cessation,alcohol abuse)will be assessed b/c these 2 types of needs are strongly correlate | 13 to 16 weeks |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess psychosocial and practical barriers to psychosocial support service use among primary family caregivers of lung cancer patients | 13 to 16 weeks |
| To assess family caregivers' preferences (preferred topics, modality, provider, timing) regarding psychosocial support interventions. | 13 to 16 weeks |
| To gather descriptive information regarding participant flow for planning future intervention studies. | 13 to 16 weeks |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed