Examining Caregiver Outcomes in the CONNECT Intervention for Patients With Advanced Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Palliative care offers patient and family centered approaches that may mitigate risk of caregiver burden and poor mood.

Objectives

To determine whether a palliative care intervention (CONNECT) improved burden, mood, and self-efficacy among caregivers of patients with advanced cancer.

Methods

In this cluster randomized trial, patients and their caregivers were recruited from 17 Oncology clinics in Pennsylvania. Participants attended nurse-led monthly visits, addressing patient symptoms, goals of care, and advance care planning. At baseline and three months, we measured caregiver burden using Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI-12; range 0-48), caregiver anxiety and depression using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scales (HADS-A, range 0-21; HADS-D, range 0-21). We meas

SUBMITTER: Semere W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10191108 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature