Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04186884
Caregiver Burden, Quality of Life, and Symptom Distress at Different Palliative Cancer Care Settings
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 351 (actual)
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This trial studies caregiver burden, quality of life, and symptom distress of patients and their informal (unpaid) caregivers at different palliative care settings. Cancer caregiving may affect a caregiver's life physically, emotionally, socially, and financially. Studying caregiver burden may help investigators learn about caregivers' opinions on stress of caregiving, and about the factors related to caregiver burdens.
Detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To compare the severity of subjective stress burden (emotional impact) between caregivers of patients seen at the Supportive Care Center (SCC) and those seen at the Palliative Care Unit (PCU) as measured by the Montgomery - Borgatta Caregiver Burden Scale. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To compare objective burden (impact on tangible aspects of life) between caregivers of patients seen at SCC and the PCU. II. To compare subjective demand burden (impact on the patient-caregiver relationship) between caregivers of patients seen at the SCC and the PCU. III. To compare caregiver quality of life (measured by the Short-form 36) and symptom distress (measured by the caregiver ESAS \[Edmonton Symptom Assessment System\]) between caregivers of patients seen at the SCC and the PCU. IV. To examine if there is a correlation between caregiver burden (Montgomery-Borgatta scale), quality of life (Short-form 36 scale) and symptom distress (ESAS caregiver scale). V. To determine which caregiver and/or patients' factors are associated with caregiver burden, quality of life, and symptom distress. OUTLINE: Patients and caregivers visiting SCC for a consult or admitted to PCU complete questionnaires over 35 minutes.
Conditions
- Advanced Malignant Neoplasm
- Locally Advanced Malignant Neoplasm
- Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm
- Recurrent Malignant Neoplasm
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Quality-of-Life Assessment | Ancillary studies |
| OTHER | Questionnaire Administration | Complete questionnaires |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-03-26
- Primary completion
- 2021-11-05
- Completion
- 2021-11-05
- First posted
- 2019-12-05
- Last updated
- 2022-03-03
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04186884. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.