Training Model to Advance Support of the Family as a Caregiving System in the Inpatient Oncology Setting
This study is currently recruiting participants.
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Verified January 2015 by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Sponsor:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Collaborator:
Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01805609
First received: February 28, 2013
Last updated: January 16, 2015
Last verified: January 2015
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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to provide a communication training program to inpatient nurses and social workers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in order to help them assist caregiving families. The importance of this training program is that it aims to teach nurses and social workers how and when to respond more effectively and compassionately to challenges faced by caregiving families. One of the goals of this program is to address family support needs during a patient's hospitalization.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
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Support of the Family as a Caregiving System |
Behavioral: Working with the Caregiving Family (WCF) training Behavioral: questionnaires |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Supportive Care |
| Official Title: | Training Model to Advance Support of the Family as a Caregiving System in the Inpatient Oncology Setting |
Further study details as provided by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Provider outcomes [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]which include observed changes in skills (Family Skills Adherence Scale) and subjective confidence level (Confidence in Family Skills Questionnaire) in conducting a family-centered psychosocial consultation with a caregiving family
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- patient and/or family members'outcomes [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]which include caregivers' satisfaction with aspects of psychosocial care (Satisfaction with Emotional Support Scale measure), perceived quality of communication about illness (Family Session Communication Measure) and perceived alliance with the participating nurse or social worker (Family Alliance Scale)
| Estimated Enrollment: | 80 |
| Study Start Date: | February 2013 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | February 2016 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | February 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
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Experimental: Working with the Caregiving Family (WCF) training
This is a new training curriculum for inpatient oncology providers called Working with the Caregiving Family (WCF) training, a program designed to teach MSKCC inpatient staff to address family-level concerns during acute hospitalization. The WCF training will teach staff to recognize and inquire about areas of family distress that are likely to impact the caregiving process; to provide brief, supportive interventions, and/or to transition families to specialized support services when needed. We will provide staff with skills to address especially challenging family situations (e.g., noncompliance with medical care, conflict, poor communication) in collaborative and compassionate ways. We will teach clinicians to intervene and respond more effectively when problematic relationships develop within families or between families and larger systems (e.g., medical team, institutional programs).
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Behavioral: Working with the Caregiving Family (WCF) training
Training curriculum will be comprised of 2 phases to be attended sequentially: (l) The Didactic Phase will consist of 6 twice a month seminars, administered over a 3 month period. Each seminar includes a 1 hour lecture & discussion followed by 1 hour of role-play exercises; Lecture segments may include short training videos which Dr. Zaider uses in the nurses' training module she teaches through the Communication Skills Laboratory. The teaching portion of the didactic sessions of the training may also be videotaped as a reference point for curriculum review. Will explain to the providers that videotapes will only be available to study staff & that the role play portion will not be recorded; (2) Consolidation Phase will consist of 6 twice a month peer-group supervision meetings for ongoing consultation on family cases, also held across a 3 month period. Length of these consolidations sessions will be up to 2 hours.
Other Names:
Behavioral: questionnaires
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Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 12 Years and older |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participating Providers:
- Provider is an MSKCC acute care advanced practice nurse and/or inpatient social worker as per self-report.
- Plans to attend at least 4/6 the didactic training sessions, and 3/6 consolidation sessions as per self-report.
A patient will be approached if:
- Patient has been admitted to an inpatient service at MSKCC.
- Patient is able to designate at least one close person who is involved in the patient's care and is willing to participate. In the case that the patient is a minor (age 7-17 yrs), s/he will need to designate at least one close, adult person who is involved in the patient's care and is willing to participate.
Family members will be approached if:
- They were identified as a close other (including a family friend) involved in the care of an admitted patient on a participating provider's floor
Exclusion Criteria:
- Evidence of cognitive impairment severe enough to preclude completing survey instruments as per clinical or research staff judgment or EMR.
- Determined to not be appropriate for this study as per clinical judgment. Anyone, patient or family member, who is younger than 12 years old.
- Anyone, patient or family member, who does not speak English.
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01805609
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01805609
Contacts
| Contact: Talia Zaider, PhD | 646-888-0031 | ||
| Contact: Smita Banerjee, PhD | 646-888-0011 |
Locations
| United States, New York | |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Recruiting |
| New York, New York, United States, 10065 | |
| Contact: Talia Zaider, PhD 646-888-0031 | |
| Contact: Smita Banerjee, PhD 646-888-0011 | |
| Principal Investigator: Talia Zaider, PhD | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy
Investigators
| Principal Investigator: | Talia Zaider, PhD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. |
More Information
Additional Information:
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| Responsible Party: | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01805609 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | 13-030 |
| Study First Received: | February 28, 2013 |
| Last Updated: | January 16, 2015 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.:
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practice nurse clinical Nurse inpatient staff |
inpatient social worker didactic training sessions 13-030 |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 01, 2015