NCT05470543

Effect of Nurse-led Supportive Care on Caregiver Burden and Well-being

Effect of Nurse-led Supportive Care on Caregiver Burden and Well-being Among Primary Caregivers of Women With Breast Cancer: A Pragmatic Parallel Group Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Izmir Bakircay University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women with a high mortality rate in the world. Women may experience many different physiological and psychological symptoms (such as pain, nausea-vomiting, fatigue, stress, anger, and isolation) during diagnosis and treatment process. Family members often become caregivers at the time of diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer patients. Therefore, family caregivers experience burden and poor health-related quality of life.

Detailed description

This a pragmatic, parallel group randomized controlled trial aimed that investigating the effect of nurse-led supportive care on caregiver burden and well-being among primary caregivers of women with breast cancer. This trial was conducted in the chemotherapy outpatient clinic of training and research hospital located in Turkey. All primary caregivers were family members.

Conditions

• Nurse-led Supportive Care

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Nurse-led supportive care	Nurse-led supportive care was given to primary caregivers of women with breast cancer. Nurse-led supportive care was applied to primary caregivers for eight weeks in the form of face-to-face clinic interviews. It took an average of 30 minutes to interview with primary caregivers at the clinic.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-18
• Primary completion: 2022-12-24
• Completion: 2023-01-13
• First posted: 2022-07-22
• Last updated: 2023-01-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)