A Study of Family Caregivers' Needs, Burden of Care & Quality of Life Over

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

This research will determine (a) the unmet needs of family caregivers of adult cancer patients and (b) determine the impact on stress, care burden and quality of life.

A cross-sectional questionnaire methodology will be used to answer the research questions. 510 family caregivers at different stages of patients' cancer journey will be recruited. The study duration is expected to take two years. Research findings will address the knowledge gap of caregivers' needs and stress, burden and quality of life and support plans to help caregivers.

Clinical Trial Description

The literature suggests that caregivers have unique psychological, emotional and lifestyle needs but there is a paucity of such information of caregivers in Singapore. As this study is exploratory, no a priori hylothesis has been made. The theoretical framework guiding this research is Fulfillment Theory in which the existence and perception of needs and need fulfillment are hypothesized to be antecedents to the experience of satisfaction about care.

A cross-sectional questionnaire methodology will be used to answer the research questions. Caregivers in this study are defined as: a family member who lends physical, emotional or other support to someone at any time during the cancer journey. A power calculation was not done, instead the sample size of 510 was based on what may be practically achievable and feasible for the duration of the short-term quantitative study. Descriptive statistics will be used to characterize the distribution of socio-demographic characteristics and caregiver-related information. Regression analysis will be used to evaluate difference in overall and domain specific needs across selected characteristics. Problems identified by caregivers will be dichotomized as present or absent and chi-square tests will be used to evaluate associations with selected characteristics. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03081312
Study type	Observational
Source	National University, Singapore
Contact	Rathi Mahendran, MMed(Psych)
Phone	67725555
Email	rathi_mahendran@nuhs.edu.sg
Status	Recruiting
Phase
Start date	March 1, 2017
Completion date	February 28, 2019

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A Study of Family Caregivers' Needs, Burden of Care and Quality of Life Over the Course of a Cancer Illness — FCG-NBC

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