Improving Self-Efficacy Through a Telenovela: Feasibility Study

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

59 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-10-23

Study Completion Date

2023-02-28

Brief Summary

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In the NOVELA intervention, hospice care will be enhanced with the telenovela videos for hospice family caregivers (HFCG) education during weekly hospice visits to prepare caregivers for proper use of hospice support and healthcare services

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Detailed Description

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Telenovela is a television drama or soap opera that can be used to lead viewers to contemplate and discuss critical issues through video storytelling. Prior work showed informational telenovelas had a positive effect on Latino family caregivers' attitudes toward end-of-life (EOL) care services. The role of videos in hospice and palliative care shows significant promise, underscoring the videos as a mode of education for family caregivers that could potentially enhance caregiver's self-efficacy, decrease caregiver's anxiety, and reduce burnout. Despite the value of video education, many programs have failed to provide engaging material.

Based on input from HFCG, the investigators have produced a bilingual (Spanish and English version) four chapter telenovela video series (To Care/ El privilegio de cuidar) as part of NCI funded diversity supplement study. Founded upon extensive preliminary work, To Care portrays the journey of one hospice family as the family struggle with the hospice decision, pain management, decision-making, and finally the dying process. Averaging only 4:65 minutes, each chapter addresses one of these problems, validating family experiences and identifying potential solutions. Based on this work and interviews with hospice staff the investigators have built an intervention, NOVELA, to disseminate telenovelas to family caregivers in hospice agencies. The investigators will test the feasibility of NOVELA delivery in the hospice setting and evaluate efficacy of the intervention. The overall expectation is that NOVELA will improve self-efficacy thus lowering anxiety in hospice family caregivers. This proposal has the following aims:

* Specific Aim 1: To pilot test the feasibility and acceptability of integrating NOVELA with hospice care for family caregivers of hospice patients
* Specific Aim 2: To investigate the preliminary efficacy of integrating NOVELA with hospice care for family caregivers of hospice patients

Conditions

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Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Single group pretest-posttest design.

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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NOVELA

Hospice family caregivers will work with the interventionist to use a web-enabled device (computer, smartphone or tablet) to access and view the video (3-6 mins) over the course of 4 hospice telehealth visits.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

NOVELA

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The family caregivers that consent to participate will work with the interventionist to use a web-enabled device (computer, smartphone or tablet) to access and view the telenovela video (one of four episodes, each 3-6 mins) over the course of 4 hospice visits (one episode per visit). All four visits will be in person using telehealth via video-conferencing. The number of visits is based on the number of videos which content is prioritized based on previous work. The interventionist will introduce the purpose and topic of the video, facilitate video viewing and then elicit clarifying questions and reinforce main message.

Interventions

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NOVELA

The family caregivers that consent to participate will work with the interventionist to use a web-enabled device (computer, smartphone or tablet) to access and view the telenovela video (one of four episodes, each 3-6 mins) over the course of 4 hospice visits (one episode per visit). All four visits will be in person using telehealth via video-conferencing. The number of visits is based on the number of videos which content is prioritized based on previous work. The interventionist will introduce the purpose and topic of the video, facilitate video viewing and then elicit clarifying questions and reinforce main message.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Identified family caregiver of patients enrolled in hospice
* Caregivers must be over the age of 18
* Without cognitive impairment
* With access to wireless device and internet.