SmartCare: Innovations in Caregiving Interventions

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Conditions studied: Primary Malignant Brain Tumors

In brief

This is a study to evaluate the effectiveness of using an established intervention for depressive symptom management in conjunction with a needs-based caregiver intervention for improving the psychological and physical health of family caregivers of persons recently diagnosed with a Primary Malignant Brain Tumor.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02058745

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

240

Starts

2014-03-01

Expected to finish

2017-06-14

Last updated by the study team

2017-08-29

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Care recipient:
• Over 21 years of age.
• Newly (within 1 month) diagnosed with a PMBT (tumor verified via pathology report to be a glioblastoma multiforme, anaplastic astrocytoma, anaplastic oligodendroglioma, anaplastic oligoastrocytoma, medulloblastoma, or anaplastic ependymoma).
• Caregiver:
• Primary nonprofessional, non-paid caregiver, as identified by the care recipient.
• Over 21 years of age with telephone access.
• Reads-speaks English
• Obtains a score of >6 on the shortened CES-D.
• Caregivers may or may not be receiving pharmacotherapy for depressive symptoms

You may not qualify if…

• Caregiver:
• Currently considers self to be a primary caregiver for anyone else other than children
• Currently receiving any type of formal counselling for depressive symptoms

Where it is running

• University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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