Identifying Family Members in Need of Support While Caregiving and After Loss

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

52 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-05-31

Study Completion Date

2027-05-31

Brief Summary

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This screening tool will be used to identify significant relations of patients with advanced medical illness or serious hospitalization and family individuals who lost their loved one and who could use professional support in the future. We are interested in enrolling family members or close friends of patients with advanced medical illness as well as family members or close friends who have lost a loved one. Some screening tools to identify family members who might need support do exist, but the investigators are hoping to develop one that is brief and easier for healthcare providers to use. The information learned in this study will help us refine the screening tool. Family member input will be essential in the development of this screening tool.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Advanced Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Risk Screening tool & Cognitive Interview

background questionnaire

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

bereavement risk screening tool

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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background questionnaire

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

bereavement risk screening tool

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* As per self-report, 21 years or older
* As per self-report, has a domestic partner or spouse, child (minor or adult), sibling (sister or brother), parent or close friend diagnosed with any advanced medical illness or who was recently (2 months) or is currently hospitalized for life-threatening injuries or conditions related to a traumatic incident (e.g., car accident, overdose, assault) OR
* As per self-report, experienced the recent (within 2 months to 3 years) death of a domestic partner or spouse, child (minor or adult), sibling, parent or close friend.
* Responds "yes" to the question "Can you understand spoken and written English?
* Agrees to be audio-taped during the cognitive interview \[Waves 1 and 2 only\] \* For Part 2 only: In the event that the patient dies prior to a consenting pre-loss family member completing the study questionnaires, the family member will be eligible for participation in the post-loss group after at least 2 months have passed after the loss

Exclusion Criteria

* Significant psychiatric or cognitive disturbance sufficient, in the investigators' judgment, to preclude the completion of the assessment measures or informed consent (i.e., acute psychiatric or neurological symptoms which require individual treatment)
* Another family member (parent, domestic partner or spouse, sibling, or adult child) has been enrolled in the study

Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes