Health and Wellness Coaching to Improve Thoracic Transplant Caregiver Self-Efficacy
ConditionWellbeing
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMayo Clinic
About this trial
This is a pilot study examining the effects of telephonic health and wellness coaching on self-efficacy and caregiving burden for caregivers of patients awaiting heart or lung transplant.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Aged 18 years or older
Primary caregivers of patients listed (active, deferred, or temporarily inactive) for lung, heart/lung, or heart transplantation at Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Disqualifiers
Individuals younger than 18 years old
Individuals who are non-English speaking, non-verbal, or extremely hard of hearing
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Health and Wellness Coaching
BehavioralParticipants will receive health and wellness coaching. Coaching sessions will occur via telephone with a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC). Sessions will be motivational interview based and will be up to 30 minutes in length. Participants can receive up to 8 coaching sessions within 10 weeks.
Treatment groups
30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: Health and Wellness CoachingExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Caregiver Burden Scale (CBS)
The CBS is a 21-item questionnaire where caregivers rate responses based on perceived level of burden on a 0-4 Likert scale. Scores are summed with higher scores indicating greater caregiver burden. No or minimal burden: 0 to 20 Mild to moderate burden: 21 to 40 Moderate to severe burden: 41-60 Severe burden: 61 to 88
Time frame
Completed at baseline and at study completion; 10 weeks after enrollment2
Caregiver Self-Efficacy Scale
The Caregiver Self-Efficacy scale is a an 8-item questionnaire where caregivers rate their level of confidence on their ability to keep up with their own activities and caregiving situations using a 0-10 scale with 10 being totally confident. Total self-efficacy score is the mean of the eight items with higher scores indicating higher self-efficacy.
Time frame
Completed at baseline and at study completion; 10 weeks after enrollmentSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov