NCT03676283

Increasing Preparedness Through a Website

Completed NA Last updated 16 February 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Web-based psycho-educational support for family caregivers in Palliative Care in 40 participants. Completed in 31 December 2022.

Timeline

1 January 2020

Primary endpoint
31 December 2021

31 December 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Ersta Sköndal University College
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	supportive care
Enrollment	40
Start date	1 January 2020
Primary completion	31 December 2021
Estimated completion	31 December 2022
Sites	1 location across Sweden

Drugs / interventions tested

• Web-based psycho-educational support for family caregivers

Conditions studied

• Palliative Care — all drugs for Palliative Care →

Sponsor

Ersta Sköndal University College

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Palliative Care. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Partners of patients with advanced cancer often take a great responsibility for the patient's care. They are often unprepared for a situation where they are faced both with the role as caregivers and with the patient's impending death. This project holds significant research questions on how to implement a web-based intervention and make it easily available to all those in need and prevent negative consequences related to caregiving and the loss of a partner. The project will study the effects of using a website for support and information. Instruments for measuring outcomes will be available both on paper or electronically. To obtain data for the main outcomes, preparedness for caregiving and for death, 200 partners will be recruited and receive access to the website. Preparedness for caregiving will be measured at baseline and four weeks later (pre- and post-intervention. Further, sem-structured interviews will be performed. Preparedness for death will be measured eight weeks after the patient's death. Because current trends point towards increased levels of home-care, web-based interventions could be a way to reach more partners in a more cost-effective way.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Increasing preparedness for caregiving and death in family caregivers of patients with severe illness who are cared for at home - study protocol for a web-based intervention.
   Alvariza A, Häger-Tibell L, Holm M, Steineck G, et al · · 2020 · cited 18× · PMID 32183803 · DOI 10.1186/s12904-020-0530-6
2. Communication about incurable illness and remaining life between spouses and patients with incurable illness receiving specialized home care: effects of a family caregiver-targeted web-based psycho-educational intervention.
   Doveson S, Tibell LH, Årestedt K, Holm M, et al · · 2024 · PMID 39681862 · DOI 10.1186/s12904-024-01614-0