Cancer Clinical Trial
— FamCareOfficial title:
Enhancing Family Caregivers' Strengths and Skills in Managing Older Cancer Patients
Verified date | May 2019 |
Source | New York University |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
Caregiver education and training programs that specifically target caregiver informational and training needs during the survivorship period have been limited. In recognition of families' direct involvement in health care decision-making, health advocacy and care provision, programs are needed that can maximize families' caregiving abilities and skills and provide them with the information and resources they may need to identify and address elderly cancer patients' post-treatment symptom management. The goal of this study was to implement and evaluate the efficacy of a short-term problem-solving skills training program (relative to participating in a caregiver support group) for familial caregivers to lower income older (55+) post-treatment cancer patients.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 500 |
Est. completion date | July 31, 2011 |
Est. primary completion date | April 14, 2011 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility | Patient Inclusion Criteria: 1. Have a cancer diagnosis 2. Have completed active treatment 3. Be an older adult, aged 55 or older 4. Have a family member who is their caregiver 5. Understand English or Spanish 6. Not be severely cognitively impaired Patient Exclusion Criteria: - Patient must be in the post-treatment period Familial Caregiver Inclusion Criteria: 1. Be 18 or older 2. Live with or have frequent (at least weekly face-to-face) contact with patient 3. Understand English or Spanish Familial Caregiver Exclusion Criteria: - Not be severely cognitively impaired |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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New York University | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
Raveis VH, Karus D, Zhou R, Carrero-Tagle M, Faber K, Estrada I, Tobin JN. FamCare: Cognitive-behavioral problem solving training for family caregivers to cancer survivors. Gerontologist 56(Suppl_3): 684, 2016.
Raveis VH, Tobin J, Karus D, Faber K, Zhou R, Carrero M, Estrada I. Family caregiving transitions: Addressing the care needs of older adults during the cancer survivorship period. The Gerontologist 50(S1): 475, 2010.
Raveis VH, Tobin J, Karus D, Zhou R, Faber KE, Carrero M, Estrada I. Family caregiving to older, minority cancer survivors living in the community: Perspectives from a randomized control trial of caregiver problem-solving skills training. The Gerontologist 51(S2):496, 2011.
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Change in Caregiver Social Problem-Solving Inventory Scale Score | Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Revised (SPSI-R:L): This is a 52 item instrument that measures one's ability to resolve problems encountered in everyday living. Scoring results in five standardized scale scores (1. Positive problem orientation; 2. Negative problem orientation; 3. Impulsivity/carelessness style; 4. Avoidance style; and 5. Rational problem solving), four Rational Problem Solving subscale scores (1. Problem definition formulation; 2. Generation of alternative solutions; 3. Decision making; and 4. Solution implementation and verification) and a Total SPSI-R:L standard score. Raw scores are converted to standard scores. The total SPSI-R:L score and each scale/subscale score has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. With the total SPSI-R:L score, higher scores indicate "good" social problem-solving ability. The extent to which "good" and "poor" problem-solving ability is demonstrated, is determined by observing how far the scores are from the mean score of 100. | Baseline, 1 & 7 months post-intervention delivery | |
Secondary | Caregiver's Satisfaction with Quality of Patient Care - FAMCARE Scale Score | The impact of the short-term problem-solving skills training program on the caregiver's perceptions of and satisfaction with the quality of the patient's care relative to participating in the support condition, will be assessed utilizing the FAMCARE Scale. The FAMCARE Scale is a 20 item measure used to assess family satisfaction with health care of patients with advanced cancer. The scale contains 20 items and each item is a five-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (very satisfied) to 5 (very dissatisfied). The summary scale and individual subscales (Information giving, Availability of care, Physical care, and Pain control) are scored to range from 20-100, with high scores indicative of treatment/care dissatisfaction. To make the FAMCARE Scale easier to interpret, the scores were computed to reverse the scale such that higher values indicate higher satisfaction with care. | Baseline, 1 & 7 months post-intervention delivery |
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