Effectiveness of Telephone Intervention for Colorectal Cancer Caregivers

Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Psychological Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Telephone intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01519895

HKCTR-1336

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

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

Enrollment: 140 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No 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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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140 participants in 2 patient groups

Existing care

No Intervention group

Description:

routine existing care

Telephone intervention

Experimental group

Description:

in addition to provide telephone intervention support

Treatment:

Behavioral: Telephone intervention