The Efficacy of the Caregiver Psychoeducational Consultation Program

National Taiwan University

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Depression; Sleep

Treatments: Other: caregiver psychoeducational consultation program (CPCP)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01001884

200902029R

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim:

To examine the effects of the caregiver psychoeducational consultation program in reducing caregiver burdens, depression, sleep quality, and improving the experience in close relationship, positive meaning of illness and quality of life.

This is the 2-year study. The design adopts the randomized controlled trial (RCT). The caregivers of patients with spouse caregivers of resectable metastatic colorectal cancer will be randomly assigned into two groups: one group receiving usual care, another group receiving the caregiver psychoeducational consultation program (CPCP). The usual care includes providing education materials only. Measurement time-points include pre intervention, post intervention, & then 1, and 3 months after the end of intervention for the maintenance effect.

Full description

To examine the effects of the caregiver psychoeducational consultation program in reducing caregiver burdens, depression, sleep quality, and improving the experience in close relationship, positive meaning of illness and quality of life.

This is the 2-year study. The design adopts the randomized controlled trial (RCT). The caregivers of patients with spouse caregivers of resectable metastatic colorectal cancer will be randomly assigned into two groups: one group receiving usual care, another group receiving the caregiver psychoeducational consultation program (CPCP). The usual care includes providing education materials only. Measurement time-points include pre intervention, post intervention, & then 1, and 3 months after the end of intervention for the maintenance effect.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Spouse caregivers of patients with resectable colorectal cancer,
• Those who are willing to participate in the research,
• Aged above 18.

Exclusion criteria

• Who refuses to participate in this study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 1 patient group

counseling

Experimental group

Description:

caregiver psychoeducational consultation program (CPCP)

Treatment:

Other: caregiver psychoeducational consultation program (CPCP)