Quality of Life in Caregivers of Hospitalized Older Patients With Cancer

City of Hope

Status: Completed

Conditions: Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific; Hematopoietic/Lymphoid Cancer

Treatments: Other: questionnaire administration; Procedure: quality-of-life assessment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01866969

NCI-2013-01068 (Registry Identifier)

13158 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This clinical trial studies quality of life in caregivers of hospitalized older patients with cancer.

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Identify patient and caregiver factors associated with increased caregiver burden and decreased quality of life in caregivers of older adults with cancer.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine characteristics of informal caregivers of older adults with cancer admitted to hospital.

II. Determine type and amount of care informal caregivers provide for older adults with cancer admitted to hospital.

III. Determine quality of life in informal caregivers of older adults with cancer admitted to hospital.

IV. Identify caregiver needs, both informational and resource related. V. Explore the association between re-admission to the hospital within 30 days and caregiver burden.

VI. Explore whether feedback of information attained from the assessment of the caregiver influences services implemented by the health care team.

VII. Determine reasons for non-participation.

OUTLINE:

Caregivers complete a questionnaire about their sociodemographics, physical health, social supports, social activity, mental health and caregiver burden. They will also provide an assessment of the person they care for.

Enrollment: 211 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• PATIENT: Age >= 65 years old
• PATIENT: Diagnosis of cancer (solid or hematologic malignancy)
• PATIENT: Be able to provide informed consent
• PATIENT: Unplanned admission to hospital
• CAREGIVER: Primary caregiver (person who provides all of the majority of the unpaid care for the care recipient)
• CAREGIVER: Be able to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• PATIENT: Planned admission to hospital for treatment (chemotherapy, transplant)
• CAREGIVER: Not fluent in English (because not all questionnaires have been validated in other languages)
• CAREGIVER: Paid and trained to care for the patient

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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211 participants in 1 patient group

Supportive care (quality of life questionnaire)

Experimental group

Description:

Caregivers complete a self-administered questionnaire about factors associated with increased caregiver burden and decreased quality of life.

Treatment:

Procedure: quality-of-life assessment

Other: questionnaire administration