Clinical trial · Interventional
Effect of Nurse-led Supportive Care on Caregiver Burden and Well-being
Effect of Nurse-led Supportive Care on Caregiver Burden and Well-being Among Primary Caregivers of Women With Breast Cancer: A Pragmatic Parallel Group Randomized Controlled Trial
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women with a high mortality rate in the world. Women may experience many different physiological and psychological symptoms (such as pain, nausea-vomiting, fatigue, stress, anger, and isolation) during diagnosis and treatment process. Family members often become caregivers at the time of diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer patients. Therefore, family caregivers experience burden and poor health-related quality of life.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse-led Supportive Care | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse-led supportive care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Nurse-led Supportive Care Group
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Nurse-led supportive care
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control Group
- description
- The control group received only usual care. They did not receive any intervention during the study period.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI)
- timeFrame
- Change from baseline Zarit Burden Interview score at 9th weeks.
- description
- The ZBI is a measure of caregiving burden developed by Zarit et al. (1980). The Turkish version of this scale has been validated by Inci and Erdem (2018). It consists of 22 items, and responses are recorded on a five-point Likert scale. The level of caregiver burden can be ascertained based on the total scale scores, which range from 0 to 88. Higher scores indicate a higher level of caregiver burden.The Cronbach's α of the Turkish version of this scale was 0.91 in Inci and Erdem (2018) validation study
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Being the primary caregiver of breast cancer patients * Literate * Able to understand and complete the questionnaires * Willingness to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Having communication problems * Having psychological diseases * Receiving any supportive care
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