A Psychological Intervention for Family Caregivers of Palliative Care Patients

NCT ID: NCT04076670

Last Updated: 2019-09-03

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

154 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-05-31

Study Completion Date

2019-07-31

Brief Summary

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This work aims to study the benefits a psychological intervention in family caregivers of palliative care patients can have for reducing anxiety, depression and overburden.

A parallel randomized controlled trial of two groups was performed. Information was collected on 154 family caregivers of patients at the end of life during the moments before and after the intervention.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Palliative Care

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Control group

Group pf participants that received usual psychological attention.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Experimental group

Group of participants that received usual psychological attention plus the structured psychological intervention prosed in the study.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Psychological intervention for family caregivers of patients at the end of life

Intervention Type OTHER

The intervention protocol is a structured programme within the framework of counselling, that aims to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms, as well as symptoms of burden (overburden).

Interventions

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Psychological intervention for family caregivers of patients at the end of life

The intervention protocol is a structured programme within the framework of counselling, that aims to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms, as well as symptoms of burden (overburden).

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* To be the main family caregiver of a patient at the end of life, receiven palliative care. In the present study, the main family caregiver is defined as follows: family member who assumes the main tasks of care and attends to the patient most of the time, or for a longer period of time than other members of the family.
* To have signed the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• To present cognitive impairment.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Valencia

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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M. Antonia Pérez-Marín

Profesora Titular

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Pilar Barreto Martin, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universitat de València

Locations

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Universitat de València

Valencia, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

Other Identifiers

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PSI2010-19426

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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