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Trial reportPsycho-oncology2018

Delivering problem-solving therapy to family caregivers of people with cancer: A feasibility study in outpatient palliative care.

Karla T Washington, George Demiris, Debra Parker Oliver, David L Albright, Kevin W Craig, Paul Tatum

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Trial report in Psycho-oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Effects of psychosocial interventions on psychological outcomes among caregivers of advanced cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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  18. Telehealth palliative care interventions for patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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  19. Quality of Life in Caregivers of Cancer Patients: A Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Karla T WashingtonDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.ORCID 0000-0002-1100-9524
George DemirisSchool of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Debra Parker OliverDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.ORCID 0000-0002-8354-0859
David L AlbrightSchool of Social Work, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Kevin W CraigDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
Paul TatumDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
University of Missouri · USUniversity of Alabama · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

A Problem-Solving Intervention for Family Caregivers in Palliative OncologyR21CA191165 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI WASHINGTON, KARLA · 2015 to 2016
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NCI NIH HHS R21 CA191165NCI NIH HHS R21CA191165
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveIn response to the well-documented need for evidence-based cancer caregiver support, we examined the feasibility of problem-solving therapy for family caregivers of cancer patients receiving outpatient palliative care and investigated the impact of problem-solving therapy on family caregivers' anxiety, depression, and quality of life.

methodsWe conducted a feasibility study of a structured problem-solving therapy intervention delivered to family caregivers of cancer patients receiving outpatient palliative care from an academic health center in the Midwestern United States. Participants (N = 83) were randomly assigned to receive usual care or usual care plus a problem-solving therapy intervention, which was delivered over three sessions via web-based videoconferencing or telephone. Descriptive statistics were used to determine feasibility relative to recruitment, retention, and fidelity to core intervention components. Outcome data were analyzed using ordinary least squares multiple regression.

resultsProblem-solving therapy for family caregivers of patients with cancer was found to be highly feasible in the outpatient palliative care setting. Caregivers who received problem-solving therapy reported less anxiety than those who received only usual care (P = 0.03). No statistically significant differences were observed for caregiver depression (P = 0.07) or quality of life (P = 0.06).

conclusionsProblem-solving therapy is a feasible and promising approach to reducing cancer family caregivers' anxiety in the outpatient palliative care setting. Further testing in multiple sites is recommended.

Indexed as

Problem SolvingAmbulatory CareCaregiversCognitive Behavioral TherapyFamilyFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsPalliative CareQuality of LifeSingle-Blind Methodanxietycancercaregiversdepressionfamilyoncologyproblem solvingquality of life

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PMID30107070
PMCPMC6173651
OpenAlexW2887319205

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