Care For The Cancer Caregiver: A Meaning-Based Workshop To Help Manage Caregiver Burden

Care For The Cancer Caregiver: A Meaning-Based Workshop To Help Manage Caregiver Burden

The purpose of this study is to gather information on how easy it is to implement the workshop, as well as whether individuals find this workshop helpful. In this study, participants will be assigned at random to one of the two study groups. Based on the information we obtain, we hope to develop an easily accessible support service for caregivers.

Inclusion Criteria:

• As per self report, a current caregiver to a patient with any site or stage of cancer
• Age 18 or over
• A score of > 4 on the Distress Thermometer (DT) and indication that this distress is related in some way to the caregiving role
• In the judgment of the investigators and/or consenting professional, able to comprehend English to complete study assessments
• Able to perform informed consent
• Enrollment is open to caregivers with their own current/past cancer histories

Exclusion Criteria:

• Significant psychiatric or cognitive disturbance sufficient, in the investigator's judgment, to preclude providing informed consent.
• As per self report, unable to access a computer with Internet or unable to use a computer with Internet provided by the study
• Participated in the development and refinement of the CCC Workshop (prospective exemption X14-006)