Collateral Effects of Pandemics - Care for Informal Caregivers

NCT06302283 | Enrolling By Invitation

• 1 other identifier: 114/23-EP
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 400
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study is a workpackage in the German research consortium COLLPAN. The study will map collateral effects in terms of psychosocial and spiritual burden of informal caregivers during after the pandemic and identification/mapping of risk factors.It will also map available therapeutic and preventive interventions and relief of this burden for the present situation and for future pandemics.

Conditions

Bereavement

Keywords

Informal Caregiver burden

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Bereavement burden

  standardized instrument on bereavement burden (PG- 13)

  Baseline

• Anxiety

  standardized instrument on anxiety (GAD-7)

  Baseline

• Depression

  standardized instrument on depression (PHQ-9)

  Baseline

• Caregiving burden

  standardized instrument on caregiver symptoms (MIDOS-2).

  Baseline

Study Arms (1)

Family Members or Informal Caregivers

family members or informal caregivers that have cared for a patient with Covid-19 or of a patient who has died in the first phase of the pandemic (March to December 2021)

Other: Survey

Interventions

Survey OTHER

Survey (online or paper) on caregiving burden and bereavement

Family Members or Informal Caregivers

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

family members or caregivers that have cared for patients with COVID-19 or have lost a family member in the first phase of the pandemic (March to December 2021)

You may qualify if:

• having cared for a patient with COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic (March to December 2021)

You may not qualify if:

• not fluent in German

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Bonn: lead
• Wuerzburg University Hospital: collaborator
• Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: collaborator
• Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University Hospital Bonn

Bonn, 53127, Germany

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Lukas Radbruch, MD

  Department of Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Bonn

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director Department of Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Bonn

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 21, 2024
• First Posted: March 8, 2024
• Study Start: March 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2024
• Study Completion: December 1, 2024
• Last Updated: March 8, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DE (1)