Protocol for 'Resilient Caregivers': a randomised trial of a resilience-based intervention for psychologically distressed partner caregivers of patients with cancer
Autor: | Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton, Camilla Jensen Hamre, Elisabeth Wreford Andersen, Pernille Envold Bidstrup, Peter Genter, Bjørn Ribers, Beverley Lim Høeg |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject Population Psychological intervention Anxiety Metal Health Quality of life (healthcare) anxiety disorders Informed consent Intervention (counseling) Neoplasms medicine Humans education media_common Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Psychiatry education.field_of_study Resilience business.industry Depression General Medicine Mental health Anxiety Disorders Distress Sleep Quality Caregivers Oncology Depression & mood disorders Family medicine depression & mood disorders Quality of Life Medicine Psychological resilience business mental health |
Zdroj: | BMJ Open BMJ Open, Vol 11, Iss 11 (2021) Genter, P, Høeg, B L, Hamre, C J, Andersen, E A W, Dalton, S O, Ribers, B & Bidstrup, P E H 2021, ' Protocol for 'Resilient Caregivers' : a randomised trial of a resilience-based intervention for psychologically distressed partner caregivers of patients with cancer ', BMJ Open, vol. 11, no. 11, e048327 . https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048327 |
ISSN: | 2044-6055 |
Popis: | IntroductionIntimate partners of patients with cancer often experience significant distress, but there is a lack of psychological interventions that specifically target this population. ‘Resilient Caregivers’ is a novel resilience-based intervention for distressed partner cancer caregivers. The intervention was developed according to a resilience framework focusing on meta-reflective skills, coping strategies and value clarification. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of this intervention in a randomised trial.Methods and analysisEighty participants will be invited through the Oncology Department at Herlev Hospital, Denmark and randomised to either the intervention or usual care. Participants are eligible if they are partners (married or unmarried) of patients diagnosed with cancer and experience distress (>4 on the distress thermometer). ‘Resilient Caregivers’ consists of seven manualised group sessions (2.5 hours each), focusing on resilience in relation to being a partner caregiver of a patient with cancer. The primary outcome is symptoms of anxiety, while secondary outcomes include distress, depression, quality of life, sleep quality and resilience. Data will be collected at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months follow-up using validated scales, and analysed using mixed models for repeated measures.Ethics and disseminationThis study will follow the ethical principles in the Declaration of Helsinki and has been reviewed by the Ethics Committee of the Capital Region of Denmark (Journal no. 18055373). Written informed consent will be obtained from all participants. Results will be reported through scientific peer-reviewed journals and relevant conferences.Trial registration numberNCT04610034. |
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