Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Intervention for Stroke Caregivers

NCT ID: NCT01275495

Last Updated: 2015-03-31

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

254 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-05-31

Study Completion Date

2014-07-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of the revised Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Kit (TASK II) compared with an Information, Support, and Referral (ISR) intervention in family caregivers of stroke survivors. We will also test if TASK II intervention effects on primary outcomes (depressive symptoms, caregiving-related negative life changes, unhealthy days) are mediated through effects on secondary outcomes (task difficulty, optimism, threat appraisal). Comparative costs and outcomes for the TASK II and ISR interventions will also be explored.

Detailed Description

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Stroke is the number one cause of disability in the United States, and over 4 million stroke survivors are alive today. Many stroke survivors need the help of a family caregiver. A family caregiver is a family member or close friend who helps the stroke survivor once they go home. Many caregivers need information and support during the first few months after the stroke survivor is discharged home. One group of caregivers will receive the TASK II intervention and another group of caregivers will receive existing educational materials about stroke and caregiving through an information, support, and referral (ISR) process. Both groups of caregivers will receive written materials about stroke and caregiving by mail and weekly telephone calls by a nurse for a total of 8 weeks, with an additional call at 12 weeks. A research assistant will also call by telephone at the beginning of the study, and at 8, 12, and 24 weeks after the beginning of the study, with a follow-up call at 1 year to interview both groups of caregivers about their caregiving activities and about their own health and well-being. If shown to be efficacious, our next goal will be to translate the TASK II intervention into practice settings to meet current recommendations and guidelines that emphasize follow up care for stroke survivors and their family caregivers.

Conditions

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Stroke Family Caregivers

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Kit (TASK II)

The TASK II group will fill out a checklist about their needs and concerns, and will receive written tip sheets by mail that address the needs and concerns that they feel are most important. A nurse will call by telephone (lasting about 30 minutes or less) once a week for a total of 8 weeks, with another call at 12 weeks, to provide more information, answer questions, and to discuss more written tip sheets based on the caregiver's needs and concerns.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Kit (TASK II)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Information, Support, and Referral (ISR)

The ISR group will receive existing educational materials about stroke and caregiving developed by the American Stroke Association and weekly telephone calls by a nurse (lasting about 30 minutes or less) for a total of 8 weeks, with another call at 12 weeks.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Information, Support, and Referral (ISR)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Kit (TASK II)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Information, Support, and Referral (ISR)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Primary caregiver (unpaid family member or significant other) of a stroke survivor
* No more than 8 weeks after survivor discharged home
* Plans to be providing care for 1 year or longer
* Access to a telephone
* Willingness to participate in 9 calls from a nurse and 5 data collection interviews at designated study time points

Exclusion Criteria

* Caregiver or survivor age \< 21 years
* Caregiver denies that survivor has had a stroke
* Caregiver does not consider him or herself a caregiver, stating that the survivor is not impaired or is the same as before the stroke
* Caregiver has low task difficulty (OCBS task difficulty score \< 16)
* Caregiver communication difficulties (e.g., hearing loss)
* Caregiver not fluent in the English language
* Caregiver 6-item MMSE score less than 4
* Survivor residing in a nursing home or long-term care facility
* Survivor or caregiver has a terminal illness (e.g., cancer, end of life condition with decreased life expectancy, renal failure requiring dialysis)
* Survivor or caregiver history of hospitalization for alcohol or drug abuse
* Survivor or caregiver history of severe mental illness (e.g., Alzheimer's, dementia, suicidal tendencies, severe untreated depression or manic depressive disorder, schizophrenia)
* Survivor or caregiver pregnancy
* Survivor or caregiver is a prisoner or on house arrest
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Indiana University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Indiana University School of Nursing

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Bakas T, Li Y, Habermann B, McLennon SM, Weaver MT. Developing a cost template for a nurse-led stroke caregiver intervention program. Clin Nurse Spec. 2011 Jan-Feb;25(1):41-6. doi: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e318203cb92.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21139466 (View on PubMed)

Bakas T, Farran CJ, Austin JK, Given BA, Johnson EA, Williams LS. Stroke caregiver outcomes from the Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Kit (TASK). Top Stroke Rehabil. 2009 Mar-Apr;16(2):105-21. doi: 10.1310/tsr1602-105.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19581197 (View on PubMed)

Bakas T, Farran CJ, Austin JK, Given BA, Johnson EA, Williams LS. Content validity and satisfaction with a stroke caregiver intervention program. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2009;41(4):368-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2009.01282.x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19941582 (View on PubMed)

Kum C, Jones HJ, Miller EL, Kreitzer N, Bakas T. Theoretically Based Factors Associated With Stroke Family Caregiver Health. Rehabil Nurs. 2024 May-Jun 01;49(3):86-94. doi: 10.1097/RNJ.0000000000000458.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38696434 (View on PubMed)

Crocker TF, Brown L, Lam N, Wray F, Knapp P, Forster A. Information provision for stroke survivors and their carers. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Nov 23;11(11):CD001919. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001919.pub4.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34813082 (View on PubMed)

Bakas T, Austin JK, Habermann B, Jessup NM, McLennon SM, Mitchell PH, Morrison G, Yang Z, Stump TE, Weaver MT. Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Kit for Stroke Caregivers: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. Stroke. 2015 Dec;46(12):3478-87. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.011099. Epub 2015 Nov 8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26549488 (View on PubMed)

McLennon SM, Hancock RD, Redelman K, Scarton LJ, Riley E, Sweeney B, Habermann B, Jessup NM, Bakas T. Comparing treatment fidelity between study arms of a randomized controlled clinical trial for stroke family caregivers. Clin Rehabil. 2016 May;30(5):495-507. doi: 10.1177/0269215515585134. Epub 2015 May 7.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25952589 (View on PubMed)

Jessup NM, Bakas T, McLennon SM, Weaver MT. Are there gender, racial or relationship differences in caregiver task difficulty, depressive symptoms and life changes among stroke family caregivers? Brain Inj. 2015;29(1):17-24. doi: 10.3109/02699052.2014.947631. Epub 2014 Aug 20.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25141098 (View on PubMed)

McLennon SM, Bakas T, Jessup NM, Habermann B, Weaver MT. Task difficulty and life changes among stroke family caregivers: relationship to depressive symptoms. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Dec;95(12):2484-90. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.04.028. Epub 2014 May 22.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24858447 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R01NR010388

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

1003-63

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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