Quality of Life in Caregivers of Hospitalized Older Patients With Cancer

Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific Clinical Trial

Official title:

Physical, Emotional and Social Stressors and Their Impact on Quality of Life of Caregivers of Hospitalized Older Adults With Cancer

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01866969
• Other study ID #: 13158
• Secondary ID: NCI-2013-0106813
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 2013
• Est. completion date: May 2014

Study information

• Verified date: June 2015
• Source: City of Hope Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 211
• Est. completion date: May 2014
• Est. primary completion date: May 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hematopoietic/Lymphoid Cancer
• Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Intervention

Other:
• questionnaire administration
Ancillary studies

Procedure:
• quality-of-life assessment
Ancillary studies

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	City of Hope Medical Center	Duarte	California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
City of Hope Medical Center	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Caregiver burden and caregiver quality of life as measured by the Caregiver Quality of Life-Cancer Index	Univariate analyses will be performed to test differences in the Caregiver Quality of Life-Cancer Index (CQOLC) total score and score of each domain (burden, distinctiveness, positive adaption, and financial concern) across categorical variables (analysis of variance [ANOVA]), and simple linear regression will be used to test association of CQOLC total score with continuous and categorical variables.	Up to 1 year