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NCT Number: NCT00967083

Support Needs and Preferences of Family Caregivers of Lung Cancer Patients

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Lung Cancer Lung Diseases Lung Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital, Jamaica, New York, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Questionnaires/Interviews

Behavioral

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. 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

    Time frame: 13 to 16 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. To assess psychosocial and practical barriers to psychosocial support service use among primary family caregivers of lung cancer patients

    Time frame: 13 to 16 weeks

  2. To assess family caregivers' preferences (preferred topics, modality, provider, timing) regarding psychosocial support interventions.

    Time frame: 13 to 16 weeks

  3. To gather descriptive information regarding participant flow for planning future intervention studies.

    Time frame: 13 to 16 weeks

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Other

Collaborators

  • Indiana University
  • Michigan State University
  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  • Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Aug 27, 2009
Registry last updated
Dec 11, 2014

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