NCT03466580

Improvement of Support to Caregivers of Patients in Specialized Palliative Care at Home

Testing a Caregiver-led Intervention to Improve Support to Caregivers of Patients in Specialized Palliative Care at Home: a Stepped Wedge (Cluster) Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 466 (actual)
• Sponsor: Bispebjerg Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the project is to evaluate the use of the caregiver-led 'CSNAT intervention' to identify, prioritize and address support needs among caregivers of patients who are starting in specialized palliative care at home in Denmark

Conditions

• Palliative Care

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	The Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) intervention	The CSNAT intervention is a caregiver-led approach where the caregiver first identifies his/her needs of support in the CSNAT, which consists of 14 support domains. Then the practitioner facilitates the intervention where the caregiver prioritizes which domains to discuss. In the conversation, the caregiver's domain priorities and subsequently identified support needs are discussed with the practitioner to agree on actions/solutions and a shared action plan. The intervention will be offered each caregiver twice: the first time between 0 and 13 days after enrollment, and the second time between 15 and 27 days after enrollment.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-03-15
• Primary completion: 2019-07-31
• Completion: 2019-12-31
• First posted: 2018-03-15
• Last updated: 2021-01-27

Locations

10 sites across 1 country: Denmark