A Telenovela Intervention for Caregivers of African-American and Hispanic Hospice Patients

Description

This randomized clinical trial (RCT) intends to look at the preliminary efficacy of NOVELA (intervention group) in changing anxiety and self-efficacy compared to usual hospice care (control group). In the NOVELA intervention, hospice care will be enhanced with the telenovela videos for hospice family caregivers (HFCG) education during twice weekly hospice telehealth visits to prepare caregivers for proper use of hospice support and healthcare services.

Conditions

Hospice, Caregivers

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This randomized clinical trial (RCT) intends to look at the preliminary efficacy of NOVELA (intervention group) in changing anxiety and self-efficacy compared to usual hospice care (control group). In the NOVELA intervention, hospice care will be enhanced with the telenovela videos for hospice family caregivers (HFCG) education during twice weekly hospice telehealth visits to prepare caregivers for proper use of hospice support and healthcare services.

Enhancing Self-Efficacy and Lowering Anxiety Through a Telenovela Intervention for Caregivers of African-American and Hispanic Hospice Patients

A Telenovela Intervention for Caregivers of African-American and Hispanic Hospice Patients

Condition
Hospice
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins Univeristy, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Identified family caregiver of patients enrolled in hospice
  • * Caregivers must be over the age of 18
  • * Without cognitive impairment
  • * With access to wireless device and internet.
  • * HFCG of patients that are actively dying
  • * Caregivers younger than 18 years
  • * With cognitive impairment
  • * Without internet access.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Johns Hopkins University,

DULCE CRUZ-OLIVER, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Johns Hopkins University

Study Record Dates

2027-06-30