Nurse-led Supportive Care
Conditions
Keywords
Lung cancer, Family caregivers, Caregiver burden, Resilience
Brief summary
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with a mortality rate of 18%. The prognosis of lung cancer is progressive and devastating, which may cause patients to experience problems during the treatment and care process. Due to the problems experienced by lung cancer patients, their need for support increases and the care process is provided mostly in the home environment, causing family members to take on important roles as caregivers. Therefore, the resilience of family caregivers decreases and they feel burden.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALNurse-led Supportive Care Programme
Nurse-led supportive care programme was applied to family caregivers for eight weeks in the form of face-to-face clinic interviews. It took an average of 40 minutes to interview with family caregivers at the clinic.
Sponsors
Izmir Bakircay University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* A family member who has been a primary caregiver for at least one year * Literate * Willingness to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Have any communication disability * Have any diagnosed physical or psychological disorder * Receiving any supportive care
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) | The scale was filled in the baseline (before the beginning of the nurse-led supportive care), 8th and 12th weeks. | The ZBI is a measure of caregiving burden developed by Zarit et al. (1980). The Turkish version of this scale has been validated by Inci and Erdem (2018). It consists of 22 items, and responses are recorded on a five-point Likert scale. The level of caregiver burden can be ascertained based on the total scale scores, which range from 0 to 88. Higher scores indicate a higher level of caregiver burden.The Cronbach's α of the Turkish version of this scale was 0.91 in Inci and Erdem (2018) validation study. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale Short Form (CDRSSF) | The scale was filled in the baseline (before the beginning of the nurse-led supportive care), 8th and 12th weeks. | The CDRSSF was developed to determine the psychological resilience of individuals, which enables them to return to their former state after negative events they have experienced.It is a 5-point Likert-type scale with 10 items.The level of resilience can be ascertained based on the total scale scores, which range from 0 to 40. High scores obtained from the scale are considered as high psychological resilience. The Turkish validity and reliability of the scale was conducted by Kaya and Odacı (2020). |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed