A Study to Determine the Feasibility of a Wearable Health Monitor to Measure Stress in Family Caregivers

Overview

Información sobre este estudio

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the use of a wearable health monitor (Health Tag) for measuring stress among family caregivers (FCGs) of palliative care patients.

Elegibilidad para la participación

Los requisitos de elegibilidad de los participantes incluyen la edad, el sexo, el tipo y el estadio de la enfermedad, y los problemas de salud o tratamientos previos. Las pautas difieren de un estudio a otro e identifican quiénes pueden o no pueden participar. No hay garantía de que cada persona elegible que desee participar en un ensayo se inscribirá. Comunícate con el equipo del estudio para analizar la elegibilidad del estudio y la posible participación.

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants must be adults ≥ age 21 years old.
  • Self-report as the primary caregiver of an adult (≥ age 21 years old) outpatient palliative care patient.
  • Care recipients must be residing at home (not in a nursing home or memory care facility; however, may reside in an assisted living facility).
  • Participants must be living with the patient at least 50% of the time.
  • Participants must be able to read and speak English
  • Participants must be cognitively intact.
  • Participants are also required to be in possession of an iPhone 6 or newer model for use of the health monitor application, and have access to wifi at least once per day during the two weeks of wearing the device (to allow for transfer of data to the researcher team’s portal).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • As determined through self-report, FCGs with a history of head trauma, panic attacks, diagnosed with a major mental health condition, or who are unwilling to participate.  

Sedes participantes de Mayo Clinic

Los estatus de los estudios cambian con frecuencia. Comunícate con el equipo del estudio para obtener la información más actualizada acerca de la posibilidad de participar.

Sede de Mayo Clinic Estatus Contacto

Jacksonville, Fla.

Investigador principal de Mayo Clinic

Sherry Chesak, Ph.D., M.S., R.N.

Cerrado para la inscripción

Contact information:

Cindy Tofthagen Ph.D.

(904)953-1409

Tofthagen.Cindy@mayo.edu

Rochester, Minn.

Investigador principal de Mayo Clinic

Sherry Chesak, Ph.D., M.S., R.N.

Abierto para la inscripción

Contact information:

Catherine Krecke CCRP

(507)284-2197

Krecke.Catherine@mayo.edu

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