Psycho-Spiritual Management for Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Family Caregivers
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Summary
The goal of this behavioral research study is to learn about the effects of two different supportive care programs on patients' and their family caregivers' psychological wellbeing and overall quality of life.
Description
To enhance the accessibility and scalability for future research, both the interventions (FFM and AC) will be delivered via videoconferencing. To increase the generalizability of the findings, a multi-site enrollment recruitment strategy will be used to enroll a diverse (including underserved) patient population. The program will be delivered in both English and Spanish and a varied social economic population will be enrolled in the program.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Be diagnosed with a metastatic (stage IV) breast, thoracic, gastrointestinal, gynecological, or genitourinary cancer * Be without disease progression for at least 3 months based on surveillance CT imaging * Have an ECOG performance status of ≤2 * Have a family caregiver willing to participate Both patient and caregiver must meet all the following criteria: * Be ≥18 years old * Be able to read and speak English or Spanish. * Be able to provide informed consent Additionally, either the patient and/or caregiver must: • Have a NCCN Distress Thermometer score of ≥4 Exclu…
Interventions
- BehavioralMeditation Program
Meditation and discussion sessions will be audio recorded
Location
- MD AndersonHouston, Texas