Effectiveness of Telephone Intervention for Colorectal Cancer Caregivers

Psychological Stress Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of Telephone-based Intervention on Distress, Burden and Quality of Life of Chinese Caregivers of Colorectal Cancer Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01519895
• Other study ID #: HKCTR-1336
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: January 11, 2012
• Last updated: April 14, 2015
• Start date: June 2011
• Est. completion date: December 2012

Study information

• Verified date: April 2015
• Source: Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Hong Kong: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the telephone intervention program for caregivers of colorectal cancer.

Description:

telephone Intervention refer to provide counseling and education to caregivers of colorectal cancer by mode of telephone

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 140
• Est. completion date: December 2012
• Est. primary completion date: August 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Family members with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer within the past 4 week and treated in Queen Mary Hospital

• Self identified as formal or informal family caregivers

• Over 18 years old

• Chinese

• Cantonese speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cognitive disability

• Domestic helpers or maids

• Non Chinese

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Colorectal Neoplasms
• Psychological Stress
• Stress, Psychological

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Telephone intervention
counseling and education support

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Queen Mary Hospital	Hong Kong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Distress level	Effect of telephone intervention on distress level measured at pre-discharged(baseline) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention .	Change of distress level at pre-discharged(base-line) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention	No
Secondary	Burden of care	Effect of telephone intervention on burden of care measured at pre-discharged(baseline) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention	Measured at pre-discharged(base-line) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention	No
Secondary	Quality of life	Effect of telephone intervention at pre-discharged(base-line) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention	Measured at pre-discharged(base-line) and 2 weeks and 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention	No