A Study of the EMPOWER Program for Latinx Caregivers of ICU Patients

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Informal Caregiver

Treatments: Behavioral: EMPOWER-Latinx

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05589883

22-141

Details and patient eligibility

About

The researchers are doing this study to find out whether EMPOWER (Enhancing & Mobilizing the Potential for Wellness & Emotional Resilience) may reduce emotional distress in Latinx caregivers of patients in the ICU.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Informal caregivers of patients, who were admitted in an ICU or step-down unit during their current admission/stay or within 2 weeks of discharge from their last admission/stay.

• Informal caregivers listed as a designated health care proxy or decision-making patient surrogate by ICU medical staff.

• Age 18 years or older as per self-report.

• Residing in New York or New Jersey as per self-report or able to complete modules while complying with current telehealth regulations.

• Spanish-speaking as per the Spanish language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in Spanish.

  • What is the participant's preferred language?
  • (Specify Lang)___________________________
  • How well does the participant speak Spanish?
  • Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE)
  • Well (PARTICIPANT is ELIGIBLE)
  • Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)
  • Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)

Exclusion criteria

• Informal caregivers who score low, moderate or high on the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

EMPOWER-Latinx intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Informal caregivers will meet with the interventionist one-on-one via telepsychiatry (e.g., WebEx, Zoom) for 6, 15-20 minute modules to be completed within about 2-3 days from initiation of the first module, not including the booster modules. Informal caregivers will complete study assessments as per the schedule of assessments.

Treatment:

Behavioral: EMPOWER-Latinx