Depression, Sleep
Conditions
Keywords
caregiver, psychoeducational, colon
Brief summary
Aim: To examine the effects of the caregiver psychoeducational consultation program in reducing caregiver burdens, depression, sleep quality, and improving the experience in close relationship, positive meaning of illness and quality of life. This is the 2-year study. The design adopts the randomized controlled trial (RCT). The caregivers of patients with spouse caregivers of resectable metastatic colorectal cancer will be randomly assigned into two groups: one group receiving usual care, another group receiving the caregiver psychoeducational consultation program (CPCP). The usual care includes providing education materials only. Measurement time-points include pre intervention, post intervention, & then 1, and 3 months after the end of intervention for the maintenance effect.
Detailed description
To examine the effects of the caregiver psychoeducational consultation program in reducing caregiver burdens, depression, sleep quality, and improving the experience in close relationship, positive meaning of illness and quality of life. This is the 2-year study. The design adopts the randomized controlled trial (RCT). The caregivers of patients with spouse caregivers of resectable metastatic colorectal cancer will be randomly assigned into two groups: one group receiving usual care, another group receiving the caregiver psychoeducational consultation program (CPCP). The usual care includes providing education materials only. Measurement time-points include pre intervention, post intervention, & then 1, and 3 months after the end of intervention for the maintenance effect.
Interventions
OTHERcaregiver psychoeducational consultation program (CPCP)
6-session caregiver psychoeducational consultation program (CPCP)
Sponsors
National Taiwan University Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Spouse caregivers of patients with resectable colorectal cancer, * Those who are willing to participate in the research, * Aged above 18.
Exclusion criteria
* Who refuses to participate in this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Short-form 12 health-related quality of life questionnaire | pre intervention, post intervention, 1, and 3,months after the end of the interventions |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Caregiver reaction assessment | pre intervention, post intervention, 1, and 3,months after the end of the interventions |
| Experiences in close relationships scale | pre intervention, post intervention, 1, and 3,months after the end of the interventions |
| Moss sleeping scale | pre intervention, post intervention, 1, and 3,months after the end of the interventions |
| BDI-II depression scale | pre intervention, post intervention, 1, and 3,months after the end of the interventions |
Countries
Taiwan
Contacts
Primary ContactFei Hsiao, PhD
Outcome results
None listed