Phase 2
N=36
Living With Hope Program for Rural Women Caregivers
Advanced Cancer
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01081301 ↗Enrolled (actual)
36
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jul 2014
Primary outcome: Primary: Herth Hope Index — 37.79; 39.74; 39.06; 38.17 units on a scale — p=<0.05
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Interventions
- Living with Hope Program (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- Female
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
- Primary completion
- Mar 2012
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Herth Hope Index |
37.79; 39.74; 39.06; 38.17; 39.34; 40.53 | <0.05 sig |
| SECONDARY SF12 Mental Health |
43.59; 45.27; 44.15; 45.57; 44.52; 47.15 | <0.05 sig |
| SECONDARY General Self-Efficacy Score (GSES) |
31.1; 33.04; 32.44; 32.63; 33.2; 33.2 | <0.05 sig |
| SECONDARY Non-Death Revised Grief Experience Inventory |
72.82; 71.75; 70.22; 73.26; 64.63; 66.29 | >0.05 |
| SECONDARY SF12: Physical Health |
45.17; 44.36; 45.56; 45.1; 43.98; 43.37 | <0.05 sig |
Summary
Family caregivers of terminally ill persons describe hope as inner strength that will help them continue caregiving. Our research team has developed and pilot tested a Living with Hope Program (LWHP) for caregivers of family members with advanced cancer, with the goal of fostering hope and improving quality of life (www.usask.ca/nursing /research/livingwithhope). The caregivers involved in our pilot test found the LWHP easy to use and we found some evidence to suggest that the program may have increased their hope and improved their quality of life. We would like to further develop and test the LWHP by finding out more about how and how long it might work. We believe it will improve the quality of life of active and bereaved older rural women of persons with advanced cancer and may decrease the number of prescriptions and doctor visits over one year. Since rural women caring for persons with advanced cancer seem to have the least hope, we want to focus on them first before including other caregivers in our research. Two hundred rural women caring for a person with advanced cancer will be asked to take part in this study. Their feelings of control, loss and grief, quality of life and hope will be measured over a year. The numbers of time they visit their physician and how many prescriptions they have over the year will also be collected. This study will contribute to the refinement of a Living with Hope Program that may improve quality of life and personal health of older rural women caring for their spouse with advanced cancer and those who subsequently become bereaved.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- caring for a person who is diagnosed with advanced cancer, c) home address is outside of metropolitan areas.
Exclusion Criteria
- caring for a person with advanced cancer and dementia
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01081301). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.