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Brief Title: Uncertainty in Illness in Palliative Care: an Intervention for Family Caregivers
Official Title: Nursing Intervention to Manage Uncertainty in Illness in Palliative Care: Feasibility and Acceptability Study in Family Caregivers
Study ID: NCT03518970
Brief Summary: Background: The increase of chronic diseases has reached an increase in the suffering of advanced diseases and an inability of health care systems to give access to the population that suffers them. In this context are people with advanced cancer who are in palliative care and the family caregivers. Uncertainty in illness in palliative care and quality of life are two concepts that are altered in the patient's family caregiver in palliative care. Objective: to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a nursing intervention to reduce the uncertainty in illness and improve the quality of life of family caregivers of patients with cancer in palliative care. Methodology: Phase II clinical trial, the ratio of recruitment, follow-up of participants as well as satisfaction with the intervention will be evaluated as primary outcomes. As secondary outcomes, the possible effect of the intervention on the uncertainty in illness and the quality of life of the family caregiver will be evaluated. This study will be carry out in a health care institution in Medellin-Colombia.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Name: Sonia P Carreño, RN, MSc, PhD
Affiliation: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR