Nurse-Led Caregiver Support Program in Home Palliative Care
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorKutahya Health Sciences University
About this trial
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effect of a nurse-led caregiver support program on caregiver competency and healthcare utilization among family caregivers of patients receiving home palliative care. Family caregivers in the intervention group will receive a structured 6-week nurse-led support program including face-to-face education, weekly telephone coaching, caregiver guidance materials, and decision support for symptom management and healthcare utilization. The control group will continue to receive routine home palliative care services. Primary outcome is caregiver competency. Secondary outcomes include caregiver burden, self-efficacy, patient symptom burden, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Adult family caregivers of patients receiving home palliative care services
Age 18 years or older
Being the primary caregiver responsible for the patient's daily care
Ability to communicate in Turkish
Disqualifiers
Professional or paid caregivers
Caregivers with severe cognitive impairment or severe psychiatric disorders
Inability to participate in follow-up assessments
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Nurse-Led Caregiver Support Program
Treatment groups
150 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov