Mental Stress Symptoms in Family Caregivers of Palliative Patients
Study Details
Study Description
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
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To investigate whether family caregivers of palliative patients with severe trait anxiety in the care situation also suffer from severe state anxiety.
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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.
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To investigate the impact of nursing support by a mobile palliative team on family caregivers of palliative patients.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| family caregivers of palliative patients psychometric questionnaires |
Other: psychometric questionnaires
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)
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- burn-out syndrome, Outcome is the difference between measurement 1 (Baseline) and measurement 2 (Follow-up) [2 months]
Maslach Burn-out Inventory (MBI), The MBI does not provide a single score but a profile.
Secondary Outcome Measures
- health-related anxiety, Outcome is the difference between measurement 1 (Baseline) and measurement 2 (Follow-up) [2 months]
Whiteley Index/Illness Attitude Scale (WI-IAS). Whitely-Index: The Whitely-Index is formed by the sum of the points for each answer - the higher the score, the more likely one is to be hypochondriacal. IAS: The total score ranges from 0 to108.
- State/Trait anxiety, Outcome is the difference between measurement 1 (Baseline) and measurement 2 (Follow-up) [2 months]
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Scores range from 20 to 80, with higher scores correlating with greater anxiety.
- Work-related behaviour and experience pattern, Outcome is the difference between measurement 1 (Baseline) and measurement 2. [2 months]
Work-related behaviour and experience pattern (AVEM), The AVEM questionnaire does not provide a single score but a profile.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion criteria:
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Women and men between 18 and 90 years of age
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Current palliative care situation of a relative with a life-limiting diagnosis.
Exclusion criteria:
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Persons incapable of giving consent (e.g. dementia, delirium, etc.)
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Failure to meet the inclusion criteria
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | Medical University of Graz | Graz | Austria | 8036 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Medical University of Graz
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Andreas Baranyi, MD, Medical University of Graz
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
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- 33-332