Effectiveness of Telephone Intervention for Colorectal Cancer Caregivers

Effectiveness of Telephone-based Intervention on Distress, Burden and Quality of Life of Chinese Caregivers of Colorectal Cancer Patients

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01519895

Enrollment

140

Registered

2012-01-27

Start date

2011-06-30

Completion date

2012-12-31

Last updated

2015-04-15

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Conditions

Psychological Stress

Keywords

quality of life, anxiety, stress, carers, colorectal or colon cancer

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the telephone intervention program for caregivers of colorectal cancer.

Detailed description

telephone Intervention refer to provide counseling and education to caregivers of colorectal cancer by mode of telephone

Interventions

BEHAVIORALTelephone intervention

counseling and education support

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Family members with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer within the past 4 week and treated in Queen Mary Hospital * Self identified as formal or informal family caregivers * Over 18 years old * Chinese * Cantonese speaking

Exclusion criteria

* Cognitive disability * Domestic helpers or maids * Non Chinese

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Distress level	Change of distress level at pre-discharged(base-line) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention	Effect of telephone intervention on distress level measured at pre-discharged(baseline) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention .

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Burden of care	Measured at pre-discharged(base-line) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention	Effect of telephone intervention on burden of care measured at pre-discharged(baseline) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention
Quality of life	Measured at pre-discharged(base-line) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention	Effect of telephone intervention at pre-discharged(base-line) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026