Effectiveness of Telephone Intervention for Colorectal Cancer Caregivers

NCT ID: NCT01519895

Last Updated: 2015-04-15

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

140 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-06-30

Study Completion Date

2012-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the telephone intervention program for caregivers of colorectal cancer.

Detailed Description

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telephone Intervention refer to provide counseling and education to caregivers of colorectal cancer by mode of telephone

Conditions

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Psychological Stress

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Existing care

routine existing care

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Telephone intervention

in addition to provide telephone intervention support

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Telephone intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

counseling and education support

Interventions

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Telephone intervention

counseling and education support

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Family members with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer within the past 4 week and treated in Queen Mary Hospital
* Self identified as formal or informal family caregivers
* Over 18 years old
* Chinese
* Cantonese speaking

Exclusion Criteria

* Cognitive disability
* Domestic helpers or maids
* Non Chinese
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Shum Nga Fan

Department of Surgery, Colorectal Specialist Nurse, Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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N F Shum

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

Locations

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Queen Mary Hospital

Hong Kong, , China

Site Status

Countries

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China

Other Identifiers

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HKCTR-1336

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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