Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
19 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2012-09-30
2014-07-31
Brief Summary
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The investigators want to know if this program increases hope and quality of life for all palliative home care patients (all ages, all diagnosis). Thirty palliative home care patients and their care partners will participate in this pilot study to evaluate the study procedures and the living with hope program.
Detailed Description
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Aims: The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility of study procedures and collect preliminary data on the effectiveness and processes of the Living with Hope Program for persons receiving palliative home care in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Sample: Palliative home care teams in Alberta and Saskatchewan will identify potential participants based on the inclusion criteria. They will make contact and ask if the potential participants are willing to talk with a research nurse about the study. If they agree the research nurse will contact potential participants. Inclusion criterion for the patients are: a) 18 years of age and older, b) English speaking, c) receiving palliative home care services and d) able to complete the study as determined by their palliative care coordinator/manager. Inclusion criterion for the care partner participants are: a) identified by a palliative home care patient as being their primary source of physical and/or emotional support, b) 18 years of age and c) English speaking.
The research nurse will contact potential participants and ask them when it will be a convenient time to meet with and obtain written informed consent.
Design: Using a mixed-methods randomized control trial (Quant +qual) design, 30 dyads (palliative care patient and their care partner) will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: 1) treatment (Watching a film on hope and beginning a hope activity), 2) low dose group (Film only) or 3) usual care group. In all groups, demographic information, and baseline, day 7 and 14 measures of hope, quality of life and anxiety will be collected by trained research nurses. On day 14 all participants will be interviewed using open ended audiotaped questions to help evaluate the study procedures and those in group 1 and 2 the LWHP program. Participants in group 1 (treatment group) will also be asked to describe what they were thinking about when doing the hope activities. Care partners' levels of hope and their evaluation of the study procedures (using open ended qualitative interview questions) will also be collected.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
FACTORIAL
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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Living with Hope Program
Participants will receive the Living with Hope Program (LWHP). The LWHP involves viewing a short film and choose to begin one of three hope activities: a) Write or ask someone to help you write one or more letters to someone begin to write a letter to someone, b) Begin a Hope Collection or c) begin an "About Me Collection."
Living with Hope Program
The Living with Hope Program involves viewing a short film entitled Living with Hope, which is based on the research team's grounded theory study, and shows cases of terminally ill persons and their family members talking about how they maintain their hope. Participants then choose to begin one of three hope activities: a) Write or ask someone to help you write one or more letters to someone begin to write a letter to someone, b) Begin a Hope Collection or c) begin an "About Me Collection."
LWH Film
Participants will viewing a short film entitled Living with Hope (LWH), which is based on the research team's grounded theory study, and shows cases of terminally ill persons and their family members talking about how they maintain their hope
LWH film
Participants will view the Living with Hope film which is based on the research team's grounded theory study, and shows cases of terminally ill persons and their family members talking about how they maintain their hope.
Usual Care
Participants in the usual care group will not receive an intervention. Data collection for outcome variables will be the same as the participants in the other arms.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Living with Hope Program
The Living with Hope Program involves viewing a short film entitled Living with Hope, which is based on the research team's grounded theory study, and shows cases of terminally ill persons and their family members talking about how they maintain their hope. Participants then choose to begin one of three hope activities: a) Write or ask someone to help you write one or more letters to someone begin to write a letter to someone, b) Begin a Hope Collection or c) begin an "About Me Collection."
LWH film
Participants will view the Living with Hope film which is based on the research team's grounded theory study, and shows cases of terminally ill persons and their family members talking about how they maintain their hope.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* May or may not have an identified care partner.
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Alberta
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Wendy Duggleby
Professor and Nursing Research Chair Aging and Quality of Life
Principal Investigators
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Wendy Duggleby, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Alberta
Locations
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University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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Pro00033340
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id