Effect of Nurse-led Supportive Care on Caregiver Burden and Well-being

Izmir Bakircay University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Nurse-led Supportive Care

Treatments: Behavioral: Nurse-led supportive care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05470543

2019/639

Details and patient eligibility

About

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women with a high mortality rate in the world. Women may experience many different physiological and psychological symptoms (such as pain, nausea-vomiting, fatigue, stress, anger, and isolation) during diagnosis and treatment process. Family members often become caregivers at the time of diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer patients. Therefore, family caregivers experience burden and poor health-related quality of life.

Full description

This a pragmatic, parallel group randomized controlled trial aimed that investigating the effect of nurse-led supportive care on caregiver burden and well-being among primary caregivers of women with breast cancer. This trial was conducted in the chemotherapy outpatient clinic of training and research hospital located in Turkey. All primary caregivers were family members.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being the primary caregiver of breast cancer patients
• Literate
• Able to understand and complete the questionnaires
• Willingness to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Having communication problems
• Having psychological diseases
• Receiving any supportive care

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Nurse-led Supportive Care Group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Nurse-led supportive care

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group received only usual care. They did not receive any intervention during the study period.