Use of videophones to deliver a cognitive-behavioural therapy to hospice caregivers.
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2011-04-04
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We investigated the feasibility of videophones for the delivery of problem solving therapy PST for informal hospice caregivers Informal hospice caregivers were randomly assigned to receive PST from researchers using videophones instead of communicating in face to face sessions Outcome measures included caregiver anxiety quality of life and problem solving abilities technical quality of videosessions and satisfaction of participants including both subjects and researchers A total of 42 hospice caregivers were enrolled mean age 62 years A total of 112 videocall attempts were documented Of these 100 89 resulted in successful videocalls and 12 11 were cases in which a call was not established The average videocall duration was 38 min range 18 84 min The overall technical quality of the videocalls was very good Caregivers reported a slightly higher quality of life post intervention than at baseline although this was not significant Caregivers reported lower levels of anxiety post intervention than at baseline P 0 04 The subjects were generally satisfied with the videophones during their exit interviews