NCT03735498

Psychological Intervention for Caregivers of Patients With Malignant Gliomas

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 13 (actual)
• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This research study is evaluating a psychological intervention for caregivers of loved ones with malignant gliomas.

Detailed description

Caregivers of loved ones with malignant gliomas frequently experience a physical and psychological burden caring for their loved ones. The purpose of this study is to find out whether a psychological intervention can help caregivers learn effective coping methods during their loved one's treatment and make the experience of being a caregiver more manageable. The psychological intervention will take place in a series of six sessions. A trained social worker or psychologist will meet with the participant or talk with the participant over the telephone or by video conference for 45 minutes at a time to discuss the caregiver experience while developing effective skills to support the loved one as well as the participant over the course of the loved one's illness. Upon the completion of the sessions, the investigators will have a short (30-minute) exit interview to obtain the participant's feedback on the intervention. The investigators will use the feedback to improve the intervention before further testing its effectiveness in future research studies. The investigators will also ask the participant to complete questionnaires before and after their participation in the intervention to help the investigators understand the participant's coping skills, caregiving burden, mood, and understanding about the loved one's illness.

Conditions

• Malignant Glioma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Psychological Intervention	Promote effective coping and reduce caregiving burden

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-02-08
• Primary completion: 2020-03-30
• Completion: 2020-03-30
• First posted: 2018-11-08
• Last updated: 2024-11-13
• Results posted: 2022-09-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States