Improvement of Support to Caregivers of Patients in Specialized Palliative Care at Home

Bispebjerg Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Palliative Care

Treatments: Behavioral: The Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03466580

R137-A8861

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the project is to evaluate the use of the caregiver-led 'CSNAT intervention' to identify, prioritize and address support needs among caregivers of patients who are starting in specialized palliative care at home in Denmark

Enrollment: 466 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The caregiver and patient should be able to read and understand Danish
• The caregiver and patient should give written informed consent
• The patient should be newly referred to specialized palliative care (SPC) in the SPC unit.

Exclusion criteria

• The caregiver is viewed by the practitioners as being too distressed to be asked about participation
• The caregiver has a known cognitive impairment precluding participation (based on the practitioners' clinical judgement)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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466 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

('Standard' specialized palliative care +) The Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: The Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) intervention

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

('Standard' specialized palliative care). No intervention offered.