Quality of Life of Older Patients Who Are Undergoing Treatment for Cancer and of Their Family Caregivers
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Cancer, Cancer, Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Oncology, Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
| Start Date: | July 2005 |
| End Date: | December 2012 |
Quality of Life Study Registry for Persons With Cancer and Family Caregivers
RATIONALE: Studying quality-of-life in patients having cancer treatment and in their
caregivers may help identify the intermediate- and long-term effects of treatment on
patients with cancer and on their caregivers.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying quality of life of older patients who are
undergoing treatment for cancer and of their family caregivers.
caregivers may help identify the intermediate- and long-term effects of treatment on
patients with cancer and on their caregivers.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying quality of life of older patients who are
undergoing treatment for cancer and of their family caregivers.
OBJECTIVES:
- Obtain quality of life and psychosocial data from older patients who are undergoing
treatment for cancer and from their family caregivers.
OUTLINE: This is a pilot, cross-sectional study.
Patients undergo a 45-minute interview in person or by phone to provide demographic data and
to complete quality of life questionnaires, including Functional Assessment of Cancer
Therapy (FACT), Spiritual tool, Quality and Satisfaction with Treatment (QUEST), and Profile
of Mood State (POMS), at baseline and at 3 and 12 months. Caregivers undergo a 20- to
30-minute interview in person or by phone to provide demographic data and complete quality
of life questionnaires, including the Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA), Quest, and POMS,
at baseline and at 3 and 12 months. Caregivers complete the Quality of Death and Dying
(QODD) questionnaire 2-3 months after the patient's death.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Not specified
- Obtain quality of life and psychosocial data from older patients who are undergoing
treatment for cancer and from their family caregivers.
OUTLINE: This is a pilot, cross-sectional study.
Patients undergo a 45-minute interview in person or by phone to provide demographic data and
to complete quality of life questionnaires, including Functional Assessment of Cancer
Therapy (FACT), Spiritual tool, Quality and Satisfaction with Treatment (QUEST), and Profile
of Mood State (POMS), at baseline and at 3 and 12 months. Caregivers undergo a 20- to
30-minute interview in person or by phone to provide demographic data and complete quality
of life questionnaires, including the Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA), Quest, and POMS,
at baseline and at 3 and 12 months. Caregivers complete the Quality of Death and Dying
(QODD) questionnaire 2-3 months after the patient's death.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Not specified
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Patient:
- Confirmed diagnosis of any type of cancer
- Undergoing cancer treatment at Ireland Cancer Center
- Caregiver:
- Identified family caregiver of a patient diagnosed with cancer
- Patient and caregiver may participate regardless of whether the other person agrees
to participate or not
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Performance status
- ECOG 0-3 (patient)
Life expectancy
- Not specified
Hematopoietic
- Not specified
Hepatic
- Not specified
Renal
- Not specified
Other
- Able to speak and comprehend English
- Cognitively competent to be interviewed (patient)
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Not specified
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