Wellness Coaching for Caregivers of Thoracic Transplant Candidates

Mayo Clinic60 enrolled

Overview

Researchers are studying the effects of a health coaching intervention on the stress and burden of caregivers of patients awaiting heart or lung transplant.

This is a randomized trial of health coaching compared to usual care. Caregivers for patients on the adult heart or adult lung transplant waiting list at the Mayo Clinic will undergo informed consent. Consenting participants will be randomized to weekly, 30-minute telephone calls for twelve weeks or usual care. Questionnaires and demographic information will be collected at baseline and after 12 weeks.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Stress, Psychological Caregiver Burden

Interventions

Wellness CoachBEHAVIORAL

Trained in motivational interviewing who will call the patient weekly for 12 sessions for an approximately 30-minute intervention

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years or older who are the primary caregivers of patients listed (active, deferred, or temporarily inactive) for lung, heart/lung, or heart transplantation at Mayo Clinic in Rochester and Jacksonville, FL Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals younger than 18 years * Non-English speaking, non-verbal, or extremely hard of hearing

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Acceptability

Percentage of participants who completed the study intervention

Time frame: after completion of the 12-week intervention or between 12-16 weeks after enrollment

Secondary Outcomes

Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10) is a 10-item tool to evaluate perception of stress during the past month (Cronbach α: 0.74-0.91). The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is a self-assessment tool used to measure stress. Individual scores can range from 0 to 40 with higher scores indicating higher perceived stress. Questions are scored 0-4 with scores of 0-13 indicate low; 14-26 indicate moderate; and 27 and above indicate high stress. We will evaluate the PSS of intervention group compared to the change in PSS for the usual care.

Time frame: after completion of the 12 week intervention or between 12-16 weeks after enrollment.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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