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Brief Title: The HEART Study (Healthy Eating and Recovery Together)
Official Title: A Mobile-Support Program to Facilitate Nutritional Caregiving in Head and Neck Cancer
Study ID: NCT04552587
Brief Summary: Head and neck cancer survivors and their primary caregivers (N=25 dyads) will be enrolled to pilot test a nutrition support system with a care planning clinic visit and a caregiver mobile App. Participants will be asked to complete baseline and 6-week follow-up surveys. The clinic session (offered in person or remotely) will include a needs assessment and a tailored care plan with information, educational materials and referrals about participants' symptoms, behaviors, social concerns and caregiving tasks. After the visit, the program will provide an App for caregivers with follow-up resources and mobile support for one month.
Detailed Description: The long-term goal of this research is to improve physical, emotional and social post-treatment outcomes in head and neck cancer survivors and caregivers by implementing a nutrition-focused mobile-Support program to prepare and support caregivers after treatment. Head and neck cancer survivors and their primary caregivers (N=25 dyads) will be recruited to a single-arm intervention study to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and short-term effects of a nutrition-focused mobile support system. The intervention includes 1) a clinic visit (offered in-person or virtually) with a tablet-based needs assessment at the end of or after completing treatment which will generate 2) a tailored care plan with messages, educational materials and referrals mapped to survivor and caregiver-endorsed concerns and 3) a caregiver App with encouragement, reminders and tips delivered through messaging and peer videos. Participants will complete baseline and 6-week follow-up surveys.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: Yes
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Name: Katherine Sterba, PhD. MPH
Affiliation: Medical University of SC
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR