A Study to Compare Medical and Non-Medical Coping on Functional Outcomes and Caregiver Burden Among Liver Transplant Patients

Overview

Información sobre este estudio

The purpose of this study is to compare functional improvement and caregiver burden pre- and post-liver transplant (LT) in four patient and patient’s primary caregiver dyads, grouped, based on presence or absence of mood symptoms pre-LT.

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:

  • Provision of signed and dated informed consent form.
  • Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study.
  • Male or female subjects, aged ≥ 18 years old.
  • Must be able to communicate in English:
    • Help of an interpreter, who can be either MCF interpreter or a family member deemed reasonably proficient and reliable by the LT team.
  • Must possess a valid and active email address to receive study questionnaire.
  • Access to digital device/s (smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop) capable of connecting with the internet to allow study participants to complete questionnaires.
  • LT candidate listed for LT.
  • Caregiver of the LT candidate listed for LT, also agrees to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Liver transplant candidates removed from the LT list.
  • Those LT candidates whose primary caregiver will not agree to participate in study.
  • Those LT candidates whose caregivers will change after LT (i.e., daughter agrees to care for the patient pre-LT; however, after LT spouse or some other family member assumes caregiving responsibility):
    • In this case, we will use baseline data to assess impact of dyadic coping on LT related outcomes until peri-LT period but will not use the data to assess the primary outcome;
    • These patients will not count toward desired sample size, as sample size calculation is based on post-LT outcomes.

Sedes participantes de Mayo Clinic

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Sede de Mayo Clinic Estatus Contacto

Jacksonville, Fla.

Investigador principal de Mayo Clinic

Shehzad Niazi, M.D.

Abierto para la inscripción

Contact information:

Dominique Johnson B.S.

(904)953-3815

Johnson.Dominique@mayo.edu

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