Wellness Coaching for Caregivers of Thoracic Transplant Candidates

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Caregiver Burden; Stress, Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: Wellness Coach

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04245228

19-008807

R03HL155040 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Researchers are studying the effects of a health coaching intervention on the stress and burden of caregivers of patients awaiting heart or lung transplant.

Full description

This is a randomized trial of health coaching compared to usual care. Caregivers for patients on the adult heart or adult lung transplant waiting list at the Mayo Clinic will undergo informed consent. Consenting participants will be randomized to weekly, 30-minute telephone calls for twelve weeks or usual care. Questionnaires and demographic information will be collected at baseline and after 12 weeks.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older who are the primary caregivers of patients listed (active, deferred, or temporarily inactive) for lung, heart/lung, or heart transplantation at Mayo Clinic in Rochester and Jacksonville, FL

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals younger than 18 years
• Non-English speaking, non-verbal, or extremely hard of hearing

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Usual Care Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Routine caregiver transplant education

Wellness Coaching Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Caregivers will be assigned a wellness coach

Treatment:

Behavioral: Wellness Coach