Mental Stress Symptoms in Family Caregivers of Palliative Patients

NCT05054647 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 33-332
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Receiving a life-limiting diagnosis is often a shock for those affected as well as for their relatives, which changes the entire life situation of the family. New perspectives often arise, as well as feelings of worry, sadness and powerlessness. Caregiving is often an extreme physical challenge, but above all a psychological one. Aims of the study

1. 1.To investigate whether family caregivers of palliative patients with severe trait anxiety in the care situation also suffer from severe state anxiety.
2. 2.To investigate whether family caregivers of palliative patients with increased stress levels and burnout-promoting work-related behaviour suffer more from burnout symptoms, health-related anxiety and psychosomatic complaints.
3. 3.To investigate the impact of nursing support by a mobile palliative team on family caregivers of palliative patients.

Conditions

Family Caregivers; Palliative Patients

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• burn-out syndrome, Outcome is the difference between measurement 1 (Baseline) and measurement 2 (Follow-up)

  Maslach Burn-out Inventory (MBI), The MBI does not provide a single score but a profile.

  2 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• health-related anxiety, Outcome is the difference between measurement 1 (Baseline) and measurement 2 (Follow-up)

  2 months

• State/Trait anxiety, Outcome is the difference between measurement 1 (Baseline) and measurement 2 (Follow-up)

  2 months

• Work-related behaviour and experience pattern, Outcome is the difference between measurement 1 (Baseline) and measurement 2.

  2 months

Study Arms (1)

family caregivers of palliative patients

psychometric questionnaires

Other: psychometric questionnaires

Interventions

psychometric questionnaires OTHER

Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10); Trier-Inventory on Chronic Stress; State/Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI); AVEM-Work-related behaviour and experience pattern; Maslach Burn-out Inventory - Human Services Survey (MBI - HSS) health-related anxiety: Whiteley Index (WI)

family caregivers of palliative patients

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 90 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Family caregivers of palliative patients

You may qualify if:

• Women and men between 18 and 90 years of age
• Current palliative care situation of a relative with a life-limiting diagnosis.

You may not qualify if:

• Persons incapable of giving consent (e.g. dementia, delirium, etc.)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Medical University of Graz: lead

Study Sites (1)

Medical University of Graz

Graz, 8036, Austria

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Andreas Baranyi, MD

  Medical University of Graz

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Andreas Baranyi, MD

CONTACT

004331638586241; an.baranyi@medunigraz.at

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Target Duration: 2 Months
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 30, 2021
• First Posted: September 23, 2021
• Study Start: May 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2024
• Study Completion: January 1, 2024
• Last Updated: January 11, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-01

Locations

AU (1)