Development and feasibility of an internet-based supportive intervention for family caregivers of older patients with lung cancer
Objective To develop an internet-based supportive intervention program for family caregivers of older patients with lung cancer and to evaluate its clinical feasibility.Methods Using the Communal Coping Model as theoretical framework,an internet-based supportive intervention program was developed by literature review and expert consultation.Then,a feasibility study was conducted.Results The intervention program included 5 first-level indexes(disease-related information support,caregiving skills support,social and work support,psychological and emotional support,and communication support),20 second-level indexes and 57 third-level indexes.Among 21 couples who met the inclusion criteria,only 15 of the couples participated in the study,with the recruitment rate of 71.4％.Twelve couples completed the study,with the retention rate of 80.0％.The overall adherence rate was(90.4±10.6)％,and the scoring rate of acceptance of the intervention was 96.1％.After 42 days of intervention,the score of sup-portive care needs of patients and the score of comprehensive needs of caregivers were significantly decreased(both P＜0.05).The scores of dyadic coping of patients and caregivers were significantly improved after the intervention(both P＜0.05).Conclusion The internet-based supportive intervention program for family caregivers of older patients with lung cancer is feasible,but the ef-fectiveness needs to be verified by large sample size,randomized,controlled trials.
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