Clinical trial NCT04791982: The Effect of Education Provided to Family Members Caring for Colorectal Cancer Patients on Caregiving Reactions and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors: A Prospective Quasi-experimental Study.
Official title: The Study Was Conducted as a Pre-test-post-test, Control Group and Quasi-experimental Intervention Research Design in Order to Evaluate the Effects of Education Applied to Family Members Who Provide Care for Patients With Colorectal Cancer on Their Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Reactions Towards Caregiving. The Study Population Consisted of 100 Caregiver Who Provide Primary Care to Patients With Colorectal Cancer.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Evaluation of the Effects of Education Provided on Family Members Caring for Colorectal Cancer Patients
Keywords: Caregiver
Caregiving reactions
Colorectal cancer
Family member
Educational program
Lead sponsor: Ankara University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-03-10
Enrollment: 100
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 56
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The effect of education provided to family members caring for colorectal cancer patients on caregiving reactions and healthy lifestyle behaviors: A prospective quasi-experimental study

Detailed description: The study was conducted as a pre-test-post-test, control group and quasi-experimental intervention research design in order to evaluate the effects of education applied to family members who provide care for patients with colorectal cancer on their healthy lifestyle behaviors and reactions towards caregiving. The study population consisted of 100 caregiver who provide primary care to patients with colorectal cancer. The study data were collected using the "Socio-Demographic Characteristics Data Collection Form", "Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale II (HPLP-II)" and the "Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA)". The pre-test was applied to the experimental and control groups at the first interview. The preferred interview format was a booklet. Three times face to-face individual educational sessions were provided to the experimental group, accompanied by a education booklet. After the third educational session the post-test was applied to the caregivers in the experimental and control groups.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Caregivers who committed to providing care to their patients diagnosed with Stage II/III CRC and agreed to participate in the study, and who were suitable to respond to the forms in terms of cognitive and mental health were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Caregivers whose patients had previously received chemotherapy for CRC or had colostomy in their patients and who had previously been education on the subject were excluded from the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: The effects of education provided to family members caring for colorectal cancer patients receiving chemotherapy on Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale.
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year.
measure: The effects of education provided to family members caring for colorectal cancer patients receiving chemotherapy on Caregiver Reaction Assessment Scala.
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year.
Secondary outcomes:
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Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Ankara University Graduate School of Health Sciences
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